Vertebrate gastrulation: polarity genes control the matrix.
The PCP signaling cascade controls polarized cell behaviors in various organisms. New evidence suggests that this signaling cascade also controls the deposition of extracellular matrix during vertebrate gastrulation.
Wallingford
John B
JB
Section of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology & Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin 78712, USA.wallingford@mail.utexas.edu
D000818:Animals; D016764:Cell Polarity / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D022081:Cell Surface Extensions / Q000502:physiology; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000502:physiology; D005775:Gastrula / Q000502:physiology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000196:embryology*
D005353:Fibronectins