Frizzled receptor dimerization is sufficient to activate the Wnt/β-catenin pathway

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2541-2550

  Carron, Clémence ^a   Pascal, Aude ^a   Djiane, Alexandre ^a   Boucaut, Jean Claude ^a   Shi, De Li ^a   Umbhauer, Muriel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dimerization; Frizzled; Wnt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYSTEINE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MONOMER; WNT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE GROWTH; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038497887     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00451     Document Type: Review

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