Regulating the regulators: Routing the Wnt-β-catenin-Lef signals

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Widelitz, Randall B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; SMAD PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; WNT PROTEIN;

DNA DETERMINATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MESENCHYME; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PILOMATRIXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN APPENDAGE; THYMOCYTE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 3242660612     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.23239.x     Document Type: Note

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