The canonical Wnt pathway in embryonic axis polarity

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-174

  Croce, Jenifer C ^a   McClay, David R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic axes; Sea urchin; Wnt signaling; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

WNT PROTEIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745886217     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.04.004     Document Type: Review

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