The Wnt code: Cnidarians signal the way

Oncogene

Volumn 25, Issue 57, 2006, Pages 7450-7460

  Guder, C ^a   Philipp, I ^b   Lengfeld, T ^a   Watanabe, H ^a   Hobmayer, B ^b   Holstein, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Axis formation; cnidaria; Hydra; Nematostella; Regeneration; Wnt signalling

Indexed keywords

WNT PROTEIN; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT10 PROTEIN; WNT11 PROTEIN; WNT16 PROTEIN; WNT2 PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; WNT5 PROTEIN; WNT6 PROTEIN; WNT7 PROTEIN; WNT8 PROTEIN; WNT9 PROTEIN;

COELENTERATE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOX GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGENERATIVE ABILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT GENE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; CNIDARIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYDRA; LIGANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SEA ANEMONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CHORDATA; CNIDARIA; EUMETAZOA; HYDRA; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

EID: 33845359903     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210052     Document Type: Review

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