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Patterning the zebrafish axial skeleton requires early chordin function.
Nature genetics - 1 Dec 1999
Fisher S, Halpern M E
Abstract excerpt
Members of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) family actively promote ventral cell fates, such as epidermis and blood, in the vertebrate gastrula. More dorsally, the organizer region counteracts BMP signalling through secretion of BMP-binding antagonists chordin and noggin, allowing dorsally derived tissues such as neurectoderm and somitic muscle to develop. BMPs also function in skeletal development and...
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