APC: The plot thickens

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 595-603

  Bienz, Mariann ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

COLON POLYPOSIS; FLY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0032871895     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)00016-7     Document Type: Review

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