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Twist1 activity thresholds define multiple functions in limb development.
Developmental biology - 1 Nov 2010
Krawchuk Dayana, Weiner Shoshana J, Chen You-Tzung, Lu Benson C, Costantini Frank, Behringer Richard R, Laufer Ed
Abstract excerpt
The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor Twist1 is essential for normal limb development. Twist1(-/-) embryos die at midgestation. However, studies on early limb buds found that Twist1(-/-) mutant limb mesenchyme has an impaired response to FGF signaling from the apical ectodermal ridge, which disrupts the feedback loop between the mesenchyme and AER, and reduces and shifts anteriorly Shh expression in the...
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