BMP signaling is required for nkx2.3-positive pharyngeal pouch progenitor specification in zebrafish.

Pharyngeal pouches, a series of outpocketings that bud from the foregut endoderm, are essential to the formation of craniofacial skeleton as well as several important structures like parathyroid and thymus. However, whether pharyngeal pouch progenitors exist in the developing gut tube remains unknow...

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Main Authors: Linwei Li, Guozhu Ning, Shuyan Yang, Yifang Yan, Yu Cao, Qiang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-02-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6392332?pdf=render