Article
Adamts9 is widely expressed during mouse embryo development.
Gene expression patterns : GEP - 1 Jun 2005
Jungers Katherine A, Le Goff Carine, Somerville Robert P T, Apte Suneel S
Abstract excerpt
ADAMTS metalloproteases constitute a family of 19 secreted protein or proteoglycan processing enzymes. ADAMTS9 and its closest mammalian relative, ADAMTS20, are related to gon-1, a metalloprotease required for gonadal morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Although expressed at generally low levels in embryonic subectodermal mesenchyme, ADAMTS20 is required for melanoblast colonization of skin. Mutations in...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
