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SUBMITTER: Takeuchi JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1783402 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takeuchi Jun K JK Lickert Heiko H Bisgrove Brent W BW Sun Xin X Yamamoto Masamichi M Chawengsaksophak Kallayanee K Hamada Hiroshi H Yost H Joseph HJ Rossant Janet J Bruneau Benoit G BG
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070108 3
Notch-mediated induction of Nodal at the vertebrate node is a critical step in initiating left-right (LR) asymmetry. In mice and zebrafish we show that Baf60c, a subunit of the Swi/Snf-like BAF chromatin remodeling complex, is essential for establishment of LR asymmetry. Baf60c knockdown mouse embryos fail to activate Nodal at the node and also have abnormal node morphology with mixing of crown and pit cells. In cell culture, Baf60c is required for Notch-dependent transcriptional activation and ...[more]