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ArticleDevelopmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists2011

A re-evaluation of two key reagents for in vivo studies of Wnt signaling.

Molly J Ahrens, Sarah Romereim, Andrew T Dudley

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Article in Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Molly J AhrensDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Sarah Romereim
Andrew T Dudley
Northwestern University · US

Funding

CELLULAR &MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008061 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI CARTHEW, RICHARD W. · 1985 to 2022
$17.1M
Regulation of Chondrocyte Morphogenesis by Wnt SignalingR01AR054857 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI DUDLEY, ANDREW T · 2008 to 2012
$1.4M
NIAMS NIH HHS AR054857NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR054857NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008061
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conditional mutations and transcription-based reporters are important new tools for exploring the dynamic functions of biological pathways in vivo. While studying the role of the Wnt signaling pathway in cartilage, we observed that the β-catenin-dependent reporter TOPGAL was expressed in chondrocytes in which β-catenin was conditionally inactivated using a Col2a1::cre driver. Here we show that in these embryos recombination is complete and full-length β-catenin protein is absent in chondrocytes. Although a null allele in this context, the recombined β-catenin locus produces a stable transcript that encodes a truncated protein. The truncated protein alone fails to activate TOPFLASH, but strongly potentiates reporter activity in the presence of expressed β-catenin or Tcf4. Together, these data show that each mouse model exhibits specific undesirable properties, findings that strongly suggest the need for specific standards to ensure proper validation of this new generation of genetic tools.

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AllelesAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factorsbeta CateninBlotting, WesternCells, CulturedChondrocytesFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGenotypeIn Situ HybridizationMiceMice, KnockoutReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTranscription Factor 4Wnt Signaling PathwayBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factorsbeta CateninTcf4 protein, mouseTranscription Factor 4

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PMID21793100
PMCPMC3192924
OpenAlexW2028106351

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