Domains of Axin involved in protein-protein interactions, Wnt pathway inhibition, and intracellular localization

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 741-756

  Fagotto, François ^a   Jho, Eek Hoon ^b   Zeng, Li ^b,c   Kurth, Thomas ^a   Joos, Thomas ^a,d   Kaufmann, Christine ^a   Costantini, Frank ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

catenin; Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC); Dishevelled (Dsh); Dorsal axis formation; Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3 )

Indexed keywords

AXIN; BETA CATENIN; CASEIN KINASE I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO AXIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASES; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MUTAGENESIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033577808     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.4.741     Document Type: Article

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