Negative regulation of axis formation and Wnt signaling in Xenopus embryos by the F-box/WD40 protein βTrCP

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-106

  Lagna, Giorgio ^a   Carnevali, Francesca ^a   Marchioni, Marcella ^a   Hemmati Brivanlou, Ali ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catenin; Dorsal axis formation; x TrCP 2; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSDUCIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BETA-TRANSDUCIN REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE LIBRARY; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032928229     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00208-1     Document Type: Article

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