PUBLICATION
Liver specification: a new role for wnts in liver development
- Authors
- Burke, Z.D., Thowfeequ, S., and Tosh, D.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-060906-25
- Date
- 2006
- Source
- Current biology : CB 16(17): R688-690 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Body Patterning/physiology
- Endoderm/metabolism
- Liver/growth & development*
- Mice
- Wnt Proteins/physiology*
- Zebrafish/growth & development*
- PubMed
- 16950093 Full text @ Curr. Biol.
Citation
Burke, Z.D., Thowfeequ, S., and Tosh, D. (2006) Liver specification: a new role for wnts in liver development. Current biology : CB. 16(17):R688-690.
Abstract
Secreted Wnt proteins control a diverse array of developmental decisions. A recent analysis of the zebrafish mutant prometheus points to a previously unknown role for Wnts during liver specification.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping