Article
Conservation and diversification of an ancestral chordate gene regulatory network for dorsoventral patterning.
PloS one - 3 Feb 2011
Kozmikova Iryna, Smolikova Jana, Vlcek Cestmir, Kozmik Zbynek
Abstract excerpt
Formation of a dorsoventral axis is a key event in the early development of most animal embryos. It is well established that bone morphogenetic proteins (Bmps) and Wnts are key mediators of dorsoventral patterning in vertebrates. In the cephalochordate amphioxus, genes encoding Bmps and transcription factors downstream of Bmp signaling such as Vent are expressed in patterns reminiscent of those of their...
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