Structural basis of the Axin-adenomatous polyposis coli interaction

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2270-2279

  Spink, Katharine Eklof ^a   Polakis, Paul ^b,c   Weis, William I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomatous polyposis coli; Axin; Crystal structure; Regulators of G protein signaling; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; AXIN; BETA CATENIN; CELL PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANCER; COLON POLYPOSIS; DROSOPHILA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTO ONCOGENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034657187     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.10.2270     Document Type: Article

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