Transcriptional repression due to high levels of Wingless signalling

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 7021-7032

  Yu, Xiang ^a   Riese, Jens ^a   Eresh, Salih ^a   Bienz, Mariann ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoderm induction; Signalling thresholds; Smad; Transcriptional repression; Wnt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032401767     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.23.7021     Document Type: Article

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