β-catenin signaling and cancer

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1021-1030

  Morin, Patrice J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033486152     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199912)22:1<1021::AID-BIES6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Review

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