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digestive tract morphogenesis

Known as: intestinal morphogenesis, gastrointestinal tract morphogenesis, gut morphogenesis 
The process in which the anatomical structures of the digestive tract are generated and organized. The digestive tract is the anatomical structure… Expand
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digestive tract development

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Foxa2 Is Essential for Mouse Endometrial Gland Development and Fertility1
During embryonic development, Foxa2 is required for the formation of the node and notochord, and ablation of this gene results in… Expand
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Notch and Wnt signals cooperatively control cell proliferation and tumorigenesis in the intestine
Notch and Wnt signals play essential roles in intestinal development and homeostasis, yet how they integrate their action to… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Bone morphogenetic protein signaling is essential for terminal differentiation of the intestinal secretory cell lineage.
BACKGROUND & AIMS Bone morphogenetic proteins (Bmps) are morphogens known to play key roles in gastrointestinal development and… Expand
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Dwarfism and Impaired Gut Development in Insulin-Like Growth Factor II mRNA-Binding Protein 1-Deficient Mice
ABSTRACT Insulin-like growth factor II mRNA-binding protein 1 (IMP1) belongs to a family of RNA-binding proteins implicated in… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 and -4 Limit the Number of Enteric Neurons But Promote Development of a TrkC-Expressing Neurotrophin-3-Dependent Subset
The hypothesis that BMPs (bone morphogenetic proteins), which act early in gut morphogenesis, also regulate specification and… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Hindgut defects and transformation of the gastro‐intestinal tract in Tcf4−/−/Tcf1−/− embryos
Wnt signalling plays a critical role in both initiating and patterning of the anterior–posterior axis during development. Wnts… Expand
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Cytokines modulate fibroblast phenotype and epithelial-stroma interactions in rat intestine.
BACKGROUND & AIMS Homeostasis of the intestinal epithelium depends on interactions with the underlying connective tissue that may… Expand
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Sonic hedgehog is an endodermal signal inducing Bmp-4 and Hox genes during induction and regionalization of the chick hindgut.
Reciprocal inductive signals between the endoderm and mesoderm are critical to vertebrate gut development. Sonic hedgehog encodes… Expand
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A Drosophila growth factor homolog, decapentaplegic, regulates homeotic gene expression within and across germ layers during midgut morphogenesis.
The decapentaplegic (dpp) gene product, a member of the transforming growth factor-beta family, is required in Drosophila embryos… Expand
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Tenascin during gut development: appearance in the mesenchyme, shift in molecular forms, and dependence on epithelial-mesenchymal interactions [published erratum appears in J Cell Biol 1989 Mar;108(3…
Tenascin, an extracellular matrix protein, is expressed in the mesenchyme around growing epithelia in the embryo. We therefore… Expand
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