New evidence that nuclear import of endogenous β-catenin is LEF-1 dependent, while LEF-1 independent import of exogenous β-catenin leads to nuclear abnormalities

Cell Biology International

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1149-1161

  Kim, Kwonseop ^a,b   Hay, Elizabeth D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corneal cells; LEF 1; Nuclear body; Nuclear import; Uveal melanoma; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOPLASM; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; KIDNEY CELL; MELANOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0035210416     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.2001.0799     Document Type: Article

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