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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Xenopus laevis
SUBMITTER: Curtis Altmann
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-3712 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Urban Anna E AE Zhou Xiaolan X Ungos Josette M JM Raible David W DW Altmann Curtis R CR Vize Peter D PD
Developmental biology 20060505 1
The pronephros is a transient embryonic kidney that is essential for the survival of aquatic larvae. It is also absolutely critical for adult kidney development, as the pronephric derivative the wolffian duct forms the ductal system of the adult kidney and also triggers the condensation of metanephric mesenchyme into the adult nephrons. While exploring Xenopus pronephric patterning, we observed that epidermally delivered hedgehog completely suppresses pronephric kidney tubule development but doe ...[more]