Cerberus functions as a BMP agonist to synergistically inducenodalexpression during left-right axis determination in the chick embryo
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BMP signaling positively regulates Nodal expression during left right specification in the chick embryo.
Exogenous application of BMP to the lateral plate mesoderm (LPM) of chick embryos at the early somite stage had a positive effect on Nodal expression. BMP applications into the right LPM were followed by a rapid activation of Nodal, while applications into the left LPM resulted in expansion of the normal domain of Nodal expression. Conversely, blocking of BMP signaling by Noggin in the left LPM...
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Dynamics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1058-8388,1097-0177
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21769