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Interactions between Sox9 and beta-catenin control chondrocyte differentiation.
Genes & development - 1 May 2004
Akiyama Haruhiko, Lyons Jon P, Mori-Akiyama Yuko, Yang Xiaohong, Zhang Ren, Zhang Zhaoping, Deng Jian Min, Taketo Makoto M, Nakamura Takashi, Behringer Richard R, McCrea Pierre D, de Crombrugghe Benoit
Abstract excerpt
Chondrogenesis is a multistep process that is essential for endochondral bone formation. Previous results have indicated a role for beta-catenin and Wnt signaling in this pathway. Here we show the existence of physical and functional interactions between beta-catenin and Sox9, a transcription factor that is required in successive steps of chondrogenesis. In vivo, either overexpression of Sox9 or inactivation of...
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