A cell-free assay system for β-catenin signaling that recapitulates direct inductive events in the early Xenopus laevis embryo

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 367-374

  Nelson, Richard W ^a,b   Gumbiner, Barry M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Assay; Siamois; Signaling; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; LITHIUM; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEASOME; PROTEASOME INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CERBERUS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032728978     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.2.367     Document Type: Article

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