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Neural tube derived signals and Fgf8 act antagonistically to specify eye versus mandibular arch muscles.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jul 2006
von Scheven Gudrun, Alvares Lúcia E, Mootoosamy Roy C, Dietrich Susanne
Abstract excerpt
Recent knockout experiments in the mouse generated amazing craniofacial skeletal muscle phenotypes. Yet none of the genes could be placed into a molecular network, because the programme to control the development of muscles in the head is not known. Here we show that antagonistic signals from the neural tube and the branchial arches specify extraocular versus branchiomeric muscles. Moreover, we identified Fgf8 as...
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