Effects of forced expression of an NH2-terminal truncated β-catenin on mouse intestinal epithelial homeostasis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 765-777

  Wong, Melissa H ^a   Rubinfeld, Bonnee ^b   Gordon, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032482198     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.3.765     Document Type: Article

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