Axil, a member of the axin family, interacts with both glycogen synthase kinase 3β and β-catenin and inhibits axis formation of Xenopus embryos

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2867-2875

  Yamamoto, Hideki ^a   Kishida, Shosei ^a   Uochi, Takaaki ^b   Ikeda, Satoshi ^a   Koyama, Shinya ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^b   Kikuchi, Akira ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CASEIN KINASE I; PIDOTIMOD;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031943002     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.5.2867     Document Type: Article

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