title: Animal development: an ancient β-catenin switch?
abstract: High and low nuclear levels of the conserved transcriptional regulator β-catenin distinguish multiple sister cell fates to specify endoderm and mesoderm during early embryogenesis in a chordate embryo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, 503 Science Hall II, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. sqs@iastate.edu
authors.forename: Stephan Q
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bowerman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014561:Urochordata / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051176:beta Catenin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D051176:beta Catenin