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Cdo Patterns The Musculature Of The Esophagus And Is Required For Esophageal Motility In Mice, Anthony I. Romera, Jagmohan Singhb, Satish Rattan, Robert S. Krauss
Cdo Patterns The Musculature Of The Esophagus And Is Required For Esophageal Motility In Mice, Anthony I. Romera, Jagmohan Singhb, Satish Rattan, Robert S. Krauss
Department of Medicine Faculty Papers
Introduction:
Cdo is a multifunctional cell surface co-receptor that promotes Hedgehog signaling during rostroventral midline development and cadherin-mediated signaling during skeletal myogenesis. We report here novel roles for Cdo in patterning of the murine esophageal musculature and esophageal motility disorders such as achalasia.