LDL receptor-related proteins 5 and 6 in Wnt/β-catenin signaling: Arrows point the way

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1663-1677

  He, Xi ^a   Semenov, Mikhail ^a   Tamai, Keiko ^a   Zeng, Xin ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BETA CATENIN; CELL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 5; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 6; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROSOPHILA; EYE DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; LDL-RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2342430345     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01117     Document Type: Review

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