Gastrulation: Wnts signal constriction.
Recent work shows that Wnt signaling directly regulates the apical constriction that drives gastrulation movements in Caenorhabditis elegans, and also promotes invagination in sea urchins, providing a novel and possibly conserved mode of developmental regulation.
Chisholm
Andrew D
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Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA. chisholm@biology.ucsc.edu <chisholm@biology.ucsc.edu>
D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000196:embryology*; D005775:Gastrula / Q000502:physiology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D012617:Sea Urchins / Q000196:embryology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D051153:Wnt Proteins / Q000502:physiology*
D051153:Wnt Proteins