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Developmental shift in β-catenin localization between nuclear and junctional pools during vertebrate nephron

Adrian Romero, Amaya C Moss, Brandy L Walker

    Biorxiv : the Preprint Server for Biology
    |August 1, 2026
    PubMed
    Summary

    Wnt/β-catenin signaling is crucial for kidney development. Live imaging in Xenopus embryos shows β-catenin accumulates at cell junctions during nephron maturation, indicating coordinated pool expansion, not just redistribution.

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