Wnt-4 activates the canonical β-catenin-mediated Wnt pathway and binds Frizzled-6 CRD: Functional implications of Wnt/β-catenin activity in kidney epithelial cells

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 369-387

  Lyons, Jon P ^a   Mueller, Ulrich W ^a   Ji, Hong ^a   Everett, Christopher ^a   Fang, Xiang ^a   Hsieh, Jen Chih ^b   Barth, Angelai M ^c   McCrea, Pierre D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney development; MDCK; Tubulogenesis; Engrailed; N131; N90

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; FRIZZLED 6 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY TUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 3242681470     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.04.036     Document Type: Article

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