Antagonism of cell adhesion by an α-catenin mutant, and of the Wnt- signaling pathway by α-catenin in Xenopus embryos

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1033-1046

  Sehgal, Ravinder N M ^a   Gumbiner, Barry M ^b   Reichardt, Louis F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030669470     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.139.4.1033     Document Type: Article

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