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Eya 1 acts as a critical regulator for specifying the metanephric mesenchyme.
Developmental biology - 15 Aug 2005
Sajithlal Gangadharan, Zou Dan, Silvius Derek, Xu Pin-Xian
Abstract excerpt
Although it is well established that the Gdnf-Ret signal transduction pathway initiates metanephric induction, no single regulator has yet been identified to specify the metanephric mesenchyme or blastema within the intermediate mesoderm, the earliest step of metanephric kidney development and the molecular mechanisms controlling Gdnf expression are essentially unknown. Previous studies have shown that a loss of...
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