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Engrailed 1 mediates correct formation of limb innervation through two distinct mechanisms.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Huettl Rosa-Eva, Luxenhofer Georg, Bianchi Elisa, Haupt Corinna, Joshi Rajiv, Prochiantz Alain, Huber Andrea B
Abstract excerpt
Engrailed-1 (En1) is expressed in the ventral ectoderm of the developing limb where it plays an instructive role in the dorsal-ventral patterning of the forelimb. Besides its well-described role as a transcription factor in regulating gene expression through its DNA-binding domain, En1 may also be secreted to form an extracellular gradient, and directly impact on the formation of the retinotectal map. We show...
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