Adenomatous polyposis coli tumor suppressor protein has signaling activity in Xenopus laevis embryos resulting in the induction of an ectopic dorsoanterior axis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 411-420

  Vleminckx, Kris ^a   Wong, Ellen ^a   Guger, Kathy ^a   Rubinfeld, Bonnee ^b   Polakis, Paul ^b   Gumbiner, Barry M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYPOSIS; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GROWTH REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, APC; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031058705     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.136.2.411     Document Type: Article

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