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Wnt3a/beta-catenin signaling controls posterior body development by coordinating mesoderm formation and segmentation.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jan 2008
Dunty William C, Biris Kristin K, Chalamalasetty Ravindra B, Taketo Makoto M, Lewandoski Mark, Yamaguchi Terry P
Abstract excerpt
Somitogenesis is thought to be controlled by a segmentation clock, which consists of molecular oscillators in the Wnt3a, Fgf8 and Notch pathways. Using conditional alleles of Ctnnb1 (beta-catenin), we show that the canonical Wnt3a/beta-catenin pathway is necessary for molecular oscillations in all three signaling pathways but does not function as an integral component of the oscillator. Small, irregular somites...
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