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Expression of Wnt9b and activation of canonical Wnt signaling during midfacial morphogenesis in mice

  1. Yu Lan1,†,
  2. Rosemary C. Ryan2,†,
  3. Zunyi Zhang1,
  4. Steven A. Bullard3,
  5. Jeffrey O. Bush1,
  6. Kathleen M. Maltby1,
  7. Andrew C. Lidral3,
  8. Rulang Jiang1,2,*

Article first published online: 22 FEB 2006

DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20723

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Developmental Dynamics

Developmental Dynamics

Special Issue: Craniofacial Development Special Issue

Volume 235, Issue 5, pages 1448–1454, May 2006

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Lan, Y., Ryan, R. C., Zhang, Z., Bullard, S. A., Bush, J. O., Maltby, K. M., Lidral, A. C. and Jiang, R. (2006), Expression of Wnt9b and activation of canonical Wnt signaling during midfacial morphogenesis in mice. Dev. Dyn., 235: 1448–1454. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.20723

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  1. 1

    Center for Oral Biology and Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York

  2. 2

    Departments of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

  3. 3

    Department of Orthodontics and Dows Institute for Dental Research, University of Iowa School of Dentistry, Iowa City, Iowa

  1. †

    Y. Lan and R. C. Ryan contributed equally to this work.

*Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 611, Rochester, NY 14642

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 APR 2006
  2. Article first published online: 22 FEB 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 20 JAN 2006

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  • NIH. Grant Numbers: DE015207, DE016215, DE015291
  • NIH/NIDCR. Grant Numbers: P50DE016215, KO2DE015291

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