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Cell surface heparan sulfate chains regulate local reception of FGF signaling in the mouse embryo.
Developmental cell - 16 Aug 2011
Shimokawa Kayo, Kimura-Yoshida Chiharu, Nagai Naoko, Mukai Kazuhiro, Matsubara Kazumi, Watanabe Hideto, Matsuda Yoichi, Mochida Kyoko, Matsuo Isao
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Heparan sulfate (HS) proteoglycans modulate the activity of multiple growth factors on the cell surface and extracellular matrix. However, it remains unclear how the HS chains control the movement and reception of growth factors into targeted receiving cells during mammalian morphogenetic processes. Here, we found that HS-deficient Ext2 null mutant mouse embryos fail to respond to fibroblast growth factor (FGF)...
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