Signal transduction through β-catenin and specification of cell fate during embryogenesis

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2527-2539

  Miller, Jeffrey R ^a   Moon, Randall T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATENIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CURVED DNA; PROTEASOME;

CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029964851     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.20.2527     Document Type: Review

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