A complex oscillating network of signaling genes underlies the mouse segmentation clock

Mary Lee Dequéant, Earl Glynn, Karin Gaudenz, Matthias Wahl, Jie Chen, Arcady Mushegian, Olivier Pourquié

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Abstract

The segmental pattern of the spine is established early in development, when the vertebral precursors, the somites, are rhythmically produced from the presomitic mesoderm. Microarray studies of the mouse presomitic mesoderm transcriptome reveal that the oscillator associated with this process, the segmentation clock, drives the periodic expression of a large network of cyclic genes involved in cell signaling. Mutually exclusive activation of the notch-fibroblast growth factor and Wnt pathways during each cycle suggests that coordinated regulation of these three pathways underlies the clock oscillator.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1595-1598
Number of pages4
JournalScience
Volume314
Issue number5805
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 8 2006
Externally publishedYes

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