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ArticleGenesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000)2009

Left-right asymmetry in the chick embryo requires core planar cell polarity protein Vangl2.

Ying Zhang, Michael Levin

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Article in Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Conserved roles for cytoskeletal components in determining laterality.Integrative biology : quantitative biosciences from nano to macro · 2016
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  9. Morpholinos: studying gene function in the chick.Methods (San Diego, Calif.) · 2014
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  13. Alternative Wnt pathways and receptors.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2012
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  14. Early, nonciliary role for microtubule proteins in left-right patterning is conserved across kingdoms.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012
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  16. The multiple roles of Notch signaling during left-right patterning.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2011
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  17. Principles of planar polarity in animal development.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2011
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  19. Far from solved: a perspective on what we know about early mechanisms of left-right asymmetry.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2010
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ying ZhangCenter for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Michael Levin
Tufts University · US

Funding

Bioelectrical Controls of MorphogenesisR01GM077425 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI LEVIN, MICHAEL · 2007 to 2010
$1.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM077425
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Consistent left-right patterning is a fascinating and biomedically important problem. In the chick embryo, it is not known how cells determine their position (left or right) relative to the primitive streak, which is required for subsequent asymmetric gene expression cascades. We show that the subcellular localization of Vangl2, a core planar cell polarity (PCP) protein, is consistently polarized, giving cells in the blastoderm a vector pointing toward the primitive streak. Moreover, morpholino-mediated loss-of-function of Vangl2 by electroporation into chicks at very early stages randomizes the normally left-sided expression of Sonic hedgehog. Strikingly, Vangl2 morpholinos also induce a desynchronization of asymmetric gene expression within the left and right domains of Hensen's node. These data reveal the existence of polarized planar cell polarity protein localization in gastrulating chick and demonstrate that the PCP pathway is functionally required for normal asymmetry in the chick upstream of Sonic hedgehog. These data suggest a new and widely applicable class of models for the spread and coordination of left-right patterning information in the embryonic blastoderm.

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Body PatterningCell PolarityAnimalsChick EmbryoHedgehog ProteinsMembrane ProteinsHedgehog ProteinsMembrane Proteins

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PMID19621439
PMCPMC2790031
OpenAlexW1986827023

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