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A role for Pax-1 as a mediator of notochordal signals during the dorsoventral specification of vertebrae.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Nov 1993
Koseki H, Wallin J, Wilting J, Mizutani Y, Kispert A, Ebensperger C, Herrmann B G, Christ B, Balling R
Abstract excerpt
The notochord plays an important role in the differentiation of the paraxial mesoderm and the neural tube. We have analyzed the role of the notochord in somite differentiation and subsequent formation of the vertebral column using a mouse mutant, Danforth's short-tail (Sd). In this mutant, the skeletal phenotype is most probably a result of degeneration and subsequent loss of the notochord. The Sd gene is known...
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