Enhancement of GLI1-transcriptional activity by β-catenin in human cancer cells

Oncology Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-96

  Maeda, Osamu ^a   Kondo, Masashi ^a   Fujita, Takayoshi ^a   Usami, Noriyasu ^a   Fukui, Takayuki ^a,b   Shimokata, Kaoru ^a   Ando, Takafumi ^a   Goto, Hidemi ^a   Sekido, Yoshitaka ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

GLI1; Hedgehog; Wnt; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLI PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; ONCOPROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BETA CATENIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, REPORTER; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 33750725706     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.16.1.91     Document Type: Article

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