The axis-inducing activity, stability, and subcellular distribution of β-catenin is regulated in Xenopus embryos by glycogen synthase kinase 3

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1443-1454

  Yost, Cynthia ^a   Torres, Monica ^a   Miller, Jeffrey R ^a   Huang, Eugene ^a   Kimelman, David ^a   Moon, Randall T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

axis formation; phosphorylation; Wnt signaling; Xenopus development; Xgsk 3; Catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029683606     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.12.1443     Document Type: Article

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