Distinct β-catenins mediate adhesion and signalling functions in C. elegans

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6795, 2000, Pages 527-532

  Korswagen, Hendrik C ^a   Herman, Michael A ^b   Clevers, Hans C ^a,c  

^a Department of Immunology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BETA CATENIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, REPORTER; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ARMADILLO; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034601478     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35020099     Document Type: Article

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