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Tissue-specific requirements for the proprotein convertase furin/SPC1 during embryonic turning and heart looping.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jan 2000
Constam D B, Robertson E J
Abstract excerpt
Furin, the mammalian prototype of a family of serine proteases, is required for ventral closure and axial rotation, and formation of the yolk sac vasculature. Here we show additionally that left-sided expression of pitx2 and lefty-2 are also perturbed in Furin-deficient embryos. These tissue abnormalities are preceded by a marked delay in the expansion of the definitive endoderm during gastrulation. Using a...
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