Wnt signaling stabilizes the dual-function protein β-catenin in diverse cell types

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 857, Issue , 1998, Pages 43-55

  Giarré, Marianna ^a,c   Semënov, Mikhail V ^a,b   Brown, Anthony M C ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; KIDNEY; LIMB; MAMMAL; MAMMARY GLAND; MESENCHYME CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031729476     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10106.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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