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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-5-17
pubmed:abstractText
Formin was originally isolated as the gene affected by the murine limb deformity (ld) mutations, which disrupt the epithelial-mesenchymal interactions regulating patterning of the vertebrate limb autopod. More recently, a rapidly growing number of genes with similarity to formin have been isolated from many different species including fungi and plants. Genetic and biochemical analysis shows that formin family members function in cellular processes regulating either cytokinesis and/or cell polarisation. Another common feature among formin family members is their requirement in morphogenetic processes such as budding and conjugation of yeast, establishment of Drosophila oocyte polarity and vertebrate limb pattern formation. Vertebrate formins are predominantly nuclear proteins which control polarising activity in limb buds through establishment of the SHH/FGF-4 feedback loop. Formin acts in the limb bud mesenchyme to induce apical ectodermal ridge (AER) differentiation and FGF-4 expression in the posterior AER compartment. Finally, disruption of the epithelial-mesenchymal interactions controlling induction of metanephric kidneys in ld mutant embryos indicates that formin might function more generally in transduction of morphogenetic signals during embryonic pattern formation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0302-766X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
296
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
85-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Extremities, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Fetal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Limb Deformities, Congenital, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Morphogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:10199968-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Formin defines a large family of morphoregulatory genes and functions in establishment of the polarising region.
pubmed:affiliation
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany. r.zeller@bio.uu.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review