Wnt signalling: Pathway or network?

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-454

  Arias, Alfonso Martinez ^a   McBrown, Anthony ^b   Brennan, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0006556297     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80068-9     Document Type: Article

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