The Wnt/Wg signal transducer β-catenin controls fibronectin expression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 5576-5587

  Gradl, Dietmar ^a   Kühl, Michael ^a   Wedlich, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; FIBRONECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344171934     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.8.5576     Document Type: Article

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