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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-8-26
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Mutations at the mouse Fused locus have pleiotropic developmental effects, including the formation of axial duplications in homozygous embryos. The product of the Fused locus, Axin, displays similarities to RGS (Regulators of G-Protein Signaling) and Dishevelled proteins. Mutant Fused alleles that cause axial duplications disrupt the major mRNA, suggesting that Axin negatively regulates the response to an axis-inducing signal. Injection of Axin mRNA into Xenopus embryos inhibits dorsal axis formation by interfering with signaling through the Wnt pathway. Furthermore, ventral injection of an Axin mRNA lacking the RGS domain induces an ectopic axis, apparently through a dominant-negative mechanism. Thus, Axin is a novel inhibitor of Wnt signaling and regulates an early step in embryonic axis formation in mammals and amphibians.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
181-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Amphibians, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Axin Protein, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Chickens, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Embryonic Induction, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Mammals, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Xenopus, pubmed-meshheading:9230313-Xenopus Proteins
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
The mouse Fused locus encodes Axin, an inhibitor of the Wnt signaling pathway that regulates embryonic axis formation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics and Development, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't