Probing the origin of matching functional jaws: roles of Dlx5/6 in cranial neural crest cells.
Miki Shimizu, Nicolas Narboux‐Nême, Yorick Gitton, Camille de Lombares, Anastasia Fontaine, Gladys Alfama, Taro Kitazawa, Yumiko Kawamura, Églantine Heude, Lindsey Marshall, Hiroki Higashiyama, Youichiro Wada, Yukiko Kurihara, Hiroki Kurihara, Giovanni Levi
The paper investigates the role of Dlx5/6 in cranial neural crest cells in determining jaw identity and symmetry, showing that their expression in NCCs is critical for lower jaw development and jaw matching.
Scientific Reports · Oct 2, 2018Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology