β-catenin: Molecular plasticity and drug design

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 672-678

  Daniels, Danette L ^a   Eklof Spink, Katharine ^a   Weis, William I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA CATENIN; GROWTH FACTOR; LIGAND; PROTEIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

CANCER; CELL JUNCTION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DRUG DESIGN; HMGB PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035499603     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(01)01952-1     Document Type: Review

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