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Notochord-dependent expression of MFH1 and PAX1 cooperates to maintain the proliferation of sclerotome cells during the vertebral column development.
Developmental biology - 1 Jun 1999
Furumoto T A, Miura N, Akasaka T, Mizutani-Koseki Y, Sudo H, Fukuda K, Maekawa M, Yuasa S, Fu Y, Moriya H, Taniguchi M, Imai K, Dahl E, Balling R, Pavlova M, Gossler A, Koseki H
Abstract excerpt
During axial skeleton development, the notochord is essential for the induction of the sclerotome and for the subsequent differentiation of cartilage forming the vertebral bodies and intervertebral discs. These functions are mainly mediated by the diffusible signaling molecule Sonic hedgehog. The products of the paired-box-containing Pax1 and the mesenchyme forkhead-1 (Mfh1) genes are expressed in the developing...
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