A WNT of things to come: Evolution of Wnt signaling and polarity in cnidarians

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-167

  Lee, Patricia N ^a   Pang, Kevin ^a   Matus, David Q ^a   Martindale, Mark Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Nematostella; Polarity; Review; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL FATE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COELENTERATE; EVOLUTION; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROZOA; METAZOON; MORPHOGENESIS; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; PLESIOMORPHY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEA ANEMONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT GENE;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; HYDRA; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA;

EID: 33745929895     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.05.002     Document Type: Review

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