Two members of the Tcf family implicated in Wnt/β-catenin signaling during embryogenesis in the mouse

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1248-1256

  Korinek, Vladimir ^a,e   Barker, Nick ^a   Willert, Karl ^d   Molenaar, Miranda ^b   Roose, Jeroen ^a   Wagenaar, Gerry ^a   Markman, Marry ^c   Lamers, Wout ^c   Destree, Olivier ^b   Clevers, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031937635     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.3.1248     Document Type: Article

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