Wnt signalling in Caenorhabditis elegans: Regulating repressors and polarizing the cytoskeleton

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-17

  Thorpe, Chris J ^a   Schlesinger, Ann ^b   Bowerman, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0033957728     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8924(99)01672-4     Document Type: Review

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