| Term: | diencephalon Wnt signaling pathway |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | diencephalon |
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| Definition: | The more posterior and ventral of two forebrain neuromeres, the other being the telencephalon; major derivatives are the eye cups, the brain pretectal region, the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus (including the habenula and epiphysis). |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000101] |
| Name: | Wnt signaling pathway |
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| Synonyms: | frizzled signaling pathway, frizzled signalling pathway, Wg signaling pathway, Wg signalling pathway, Wingless signaling pathway, Wingless signalling pathway, Wnt receptor signaling pathway, Wnt receptor signalling pathway, Wnt-activated signaling pathway |
| Definition: | The series of molecular signals initiated by binding of a Wnt protein to a frizzled family receptor on the surface of a target cell and ending with a change in cell state. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0016055] QuickGO AmiGO |