Animal development: an ancient β-catenin switch?

Curr Biol. 2013 Apr 22;23(8):R313-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.03.011.

Abstract

High and low nuclear levels of the conserved transcriptional regulator β-catenin distinguish multiple sister cell fates to specify endoderm and mesoderm during early embryogenesis in a chordate embryo.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Urochordata / embryology*
  • Urochordata / metabolism*
  • beta Catenin / metabolism*

Substances

  • beta Catenin