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. 2002 Dec 20;5(2):63–68. doi: 10.1186/bcr566

Table 2.

Loss-of-function of β-catenin signaling

Organ Phenotype Reference
Mesoderm patterning No mesoderm, no head structure Haegel et al. [3]
Huelsken et al. [4]
Body axis Absence and/or mislocation of anterior markers at embryonic day 5.5 Huelsken et al. [4]
Skin Stem cells fail to differentiate into follicular keratinocytes, but adopt an epidermal fate Heulsken et al. [35]
Brain and craniofacial development Brain malformation and failure of craniofacial development Brault et al. [5]