Axis formation: squint comes into focus

Curr Biol. 2005 Dec 20;15(24):R1002-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.11.051.

Abstract

Gene products provided by the mother to the embryo determine the body axes in most animals. A recent study in zebrafish proposes that the TGFss signal Squint is one such factor.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blastomeres / metabolism
  • Body Patterning / physiology*
  • Cell Polarity / physiology
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
  • Nodal Signaling Ligands
  • RNA, Messenger, Stored / genetics
  • RNA, Messenger, Stored / physiology*
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*
  • Zebrafish / embryology*
  • Zebrafish Proteins / metabolism*
  • Zebrafish Proteins / physiology

Substances

  • Nodal Signaling Ligands
  • RNA, Messenger, Stored
  • Zebrafish Proteins
  • ndr1 protein, zebrafish