Article
Silberblick/Wnt11 mediates convergent extension movements during zebrafish gastrulation.
Nature - 4 May 2000
Heisenberg C P, Tada M, Rauch G J, Saúde L, Concha M L, Geisler R, Stemple D L, Smith J C, Wilson S W
Abstract excerpt
Vertebrate gastrulation involves the specification and coordinated movement of large populations of cells that give rise to the ectodermal, mesodermal and endodermal germ layers. Although many of the genes involved in the specification of cell identity during this process have been identified, little is known of the genes that coordinate cell movement. Here we show that the zebrafish silberblick (slb) locus...
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