MOM-4, a MAP kinase kinase kinase-related protein, activates WRM-1/LIT-1 kinase to transduce anterior/posterior polarity signals in C. elegans

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-280

  Shin, Tae Ho ^a   Yasuda, Jun ^a,b   Rocheleau, Christian E ^a   Lin, Rueyling ^b   Soto, Martha ^a   Bei, Yanxia ^a   Davis, Roger J ^a,b   Mello, Craig C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO POLARITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033179988     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80375-5     Document Type: Article

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