β-TrCP is a negative regulator of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and dorsal axis formation in Xenopus embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-80

  Marikawa, Yusuke ^a   Elinson, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

TrCP; Dorsal axis; F box; WD40 repeat; Wnt catenin pathway; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BETA-TRANSDUCIN REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032170327     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00134-8     Document Type: Article

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