Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is active in pancreatic development of rat embryo

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2615-2619

  Wang, Qi Ming ^a   Zhang, Ye ^b   Yang, Kai Ming ^a   Zhou, Hong Ying ^a   Yang, Hui Jun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beida Weixin Biology and Science Company   (China)

Author keywords

Development; Embryo; Pancreas; Wnt catenin signaling

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; MESSENGER RNA; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33646460620     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i16.2615     Document Type: Article

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