The C-terminal transactivation domain of β-catenin is necessary and sufficient for signaling by the LEF-1/β-catenin complex in Xenopus laevis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 65-74

  Vleminckx, Kris ^a   Kemler, Rolf ^a   Hecht, Andreas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catenin; Adenomatous polyposis coli; Armadillo; Basal transcription machinery; Body axis formation; Cadherin; Cell adhesion; Colon cancer; Dishevelled; Dorsal blastomeres; Dorso ventral patterning; Embryonic development; Frizzled; Gastrulation; Gene activation; Glycogen synthase kinase 3 ; Herpes simplex virus; HMG box; LEF 1; Nieuwkoop center; Nuclear factor; Nucleus; Plakoglobin; RNA injection; RNA polymerase II; Siamois; Signal transduction; Spemann organizer; TCF; Transcription factor; Transcriptional activation; VP16; Wingless; Wnt signaling; Xenopus laevis; Xwnt 8

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO INDUCTION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0032942384     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00225-1     Document Type: Article

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