Use of dsRNA-mediated genetic interference to demonstrate that frizzled and frizzled 2 act in the wingless pathway

Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1017-1026

  Kennerdell, Jason R ^a   Carthew, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS CELL; EPISTASIS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032443021     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81725-0     Document Type: Article

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