Activation of Wnt signaling bypasses the requirement for RTK/Ras signaling during C. elegans vulval induction

Genes and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1281-1290

  Gleason, Julie E ^a   Korswagen, Hendrik C ^a   Eisenmann, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

APC; Axin; C. elegans; Ras; Vulva; Wnt

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; AXIN; BETA CATENIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAS PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; HOX GENE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; VULVA;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, RAS; HEAT; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; VULVA; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037093441     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.981602     Document Type: Article

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