Transformation by wnt family proteins correlates with regulation of β- catenin

Cell Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1349-1358

  Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a   Julius, Martin A ^b   Giarré, Marianna ^a   Zheng, Zhili ^b   Brown, Anthony M C ^a   Kitajewski, Jan ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; BETA CATENIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION; WNT PROTEINS; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT2 PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0031456662     PISSN: 10449523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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