Wnt signaling: Complexity at the surface

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-402

  Cadigan, Ken M ^a   Liu, Yan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Arrow; Dishevelled; Dvl; Frizzled; LRP; Ryk; Wnt

Indexed keywords

AXIN; BETA CATENIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN; SERPENTINE; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; LDL-RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 1; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644967242     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02826     Document Type: Article

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