Lzts2 Regulates Embryonic Cell Movements and Dorsoventral Patterning through Interaction with and Export of Nuclear β-Catenin in Zebrafish*
Li Y, Li Q, Long Y, Cui Z. Lzts2 Regulates Embryonic Cell Movements and Dorsoventral Patterning through Interaction with and Export of Nuclear β-Catenin in Zebrafish*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2011, 286: 45116-45130. PMID: 22057270, PMCID: PMC3248021, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.267328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCE movementsDorsoventral patterningMidline convergenceΒ-cateninNuclear β-cateninEmbryonic cell movementsWnt/β-catenin activityActivation of BMPΒ-catenin activityOrgan precursorsVertebrate embryogenesisActivation of STAT3Zygotic expressionBMP signalingRedundant functionsMidline progenitorsZebrafish embryosEarly embryosCell movementOrgan progenitorsEctopic expressionEmbryonic cellsVentralized embryosCanonical WntLZTS2