Axis determination in Xenopus involves biochemical interactions of axin, glycogen synthase kinase 3 and β-catenin

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 591-594

  Itoh, Keiji ^a   Krupnik, Valery E ^a   Sokol, Sergei Y ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032493042     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70229-5     Document Type: Article

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