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Viable mice with compound mutations in the Wnt/Dvl pathway antagonists nkd1 and nkd2.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Jun 2007
Zhang Shu, Cagatay Tolga, Amanai Manami, Zhang Mei, Kline Janine, Castrillon Diego H, Ashfaq Raheela, Oz Orhan K, Wharton Keith A
Abstract excerpt
Gradients of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling coordinate development and physiological homeostasis in metazoan animals. Proper embryonic development of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster requires the Naked cuticle (Nkd) protein to attenuate a gradient of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling across each segmental anlage. Nkd inhibits Wnt signaling by binding the intracellular protein Dishevelled (Dsh). Mice and humans have two...
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