Molecular Determination of the Frontonasal Identity of Neural Crest Cells

Researchers identified ALX transcription factors as critical regulators that establish frontonasal identity in cranial neural crest cells, with loss of these factors causing frontonasal defects and their overexpression redirecting maxillary tissues toward frontonasal development.

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