Wnt signalling: Variety at the core

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 385-393

  Hoppler, Stefan P ^a   Kavanagh, Claire Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

catenin; Alternative splicing; Embryonic development; LEF; Signalling; Stem cells; TCF; Tissue specificity; Vertebrates; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN 3; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAIR GROWTH; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; STEM CELL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847367723     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03363     Document Type: Article

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