Wnt-induced dephosphorylation of Axin releases β-catenin from the Axin complex

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1768-1773

  Willert, Karl ^a   Shibamoto, Sayumi ^a   Nusse, Roel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axin complex; Phosphorylation; Wnt signaling; catenin

Indexed keywords

AXIN; BETA CATENIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL FATE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0033565533     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.14.1768     Document Type: Article

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