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... intermuscular tendons closely associated with the visceral SMC structures. We also demonstrate that the coordinated development of both tendon and smooth muscle domains is essential for the correct morphogenesis of the stomach. FGF pathway Scleraxis Gut development Tendon Visceral smooth muscle Chick...

..., Peking University,Beijing, China 25 6 2008 © 2008. 2008 Fibroblast growth factor 9 (Fgf9) Gut development Tgfβ signaling Epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk Mesenchymal stem cells Follistatin Mouse The mammalian small intestine undergoes dramatic developmental changes...

... for mouse fetal development. Nature 374 , 640 -643. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: mdg4@columbia.edu ) 3 4 2007 © 2007. 2007 Autonomic nervous system bHLH transcription factor Conditional knockout Enteric nervous system Gene knockout Gut development Mouse...

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... of this signaling pathway may be involved in human gastrointestinal malformations. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: amcmahon@mcb.harvard.edu ) 30 03 2000 23 05 2000 © 2000 by Company of Biologists 2000 Sonic Hedgehog Indian Hedgehog Gut development Mouse Patterning...

... both squint and cyclops , members of the nodal group of TGF-β related molecules, gata5 expression in the blastoderm is abolished, making these factors primary candidates for the endogenous TGF-β signal inducing gata5 . GATA-5 GATA transcription factors Heart Gut development TGF-β squint...

... specification of the AP regions of the gut include endodermally expressed Sonic hedgehog ( Shh ), mesodermally expressed Bmp4 and members of the Hox gene family. We have investigated the roles of these factors during AP regional specification of the chick embryonic gut. Early in gut development, the endoderm...

...Jonathan B. Singer; Ruth Harbecke; Thomas Kusch; Rolf Reuter; Judith A. Lengyel ABSTRACT Chromosomal region 68D/E is required for various aspects of Drosophila gut development; within this region maps the Brachyury homolog T-related gene ( Trg ), DNA of which rescues the hindgut defects...

...Takashi Kondo; Pascal Dollé; Jozsef Zákány; Denis Duboule ABSTRACT Vertebrate 5′-located HoxD genes are expressed in the most caudal part of the digestive tract and their potential functions during gut development have been assessed by gene disruptions. We have inserted reporter lacZ sequences...

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