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Pax-2 is required for mesenchyme-to-epithelium conversion during kidney development.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Nov 1993
Rothenpieler U W, Dressler G R
Abstract excerpt
The conversion of mesenchyme to epithelium during the embryonic development of the mammalian kidney requires reciprocal inductive interactions between the ureter and the responding metanephric mesenchyme. The Pax-2 gene is activated in the mesenchyme in response to induction and is subsequently down-regulated in more differentiated cells derived from the mesenchyme. Pax-2 belongs to a family of genes, at least...
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