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ArticleNature communications2016

Faster embryonic segmentation through elevated Delta-Notch signalling.

Bo-Kai Liao, David J Jörg, Andrew C Oates

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Evolvability in vertebrate segmentation.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2025
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  5. Cellular and molecular control of vertebrate somitogenesis.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024
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  10. Axial segmentation by iterative mechanical signaling.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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  14. The vertebrate Embryo Clock: Common players dancing to a different beat.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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  17. Time and space in segmentation.Interface focus · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Bo-Kai LiaoMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstr. 108, Dresden 01037, Germany.
David J JörgMax Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Str. 38, Dresden 01187, Germany.
Andrew C OatesMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstr. 108, Dresden 01037, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3015-3978

Funding

European Research CouncilMedical Research Council MC_UP_1202/3Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An important step in understanding biological rhythms is the control of period. A multicellular, rhythmic patterning system termed the segmentation clock is thought to govern the sequential production of the vertebrate embryo's body segments, the somites. Several genetic loss-of-function conditions, including the Delta-Notch intercellular signalling mutants, result in slower segmentation. Here, we generate DeltaD transgenic zebrafish lines with a range of copy numbers and correspondingly increased signalling levels, and observe faster segmentation. The highest-expressing line shows an altered oscillating gene expression wave pattern and shortened segmentation period, producing embryos with more, shorter body segments. Our results reveal surprising differences in how Notch signalling strength is quantitatively interpreted in different organ systems, and suggest a role for intercellular communication in regulating the output period of the segmentation clock by altering its spatial pattern.

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Body PatterningSignal TransductionAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCentral Nervous SystemEmbryo, NonmammalianGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHomeodomain ProteinsMesodermModels, BiologicalNerve Tissue ProteinsReceptor, Notch1SomitesZebrafishZebrafish Proteinsdld protein, zebrafishHomeodomain ProteinsNerve Tissue Proteinsnotch1a protein, zebrafishNotch1b protein, zebrafishReceptor, Notch1Zebrafish Proteins

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PMID27302627
PMCPMC4912627

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