Wnt signaling and neurite outgrowth: Insights and questions

Cancer Science

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1311-1317

  Endo, Yoshimi ^a   Rubin, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BETA CATENIN; CYCLIC GMP; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 2; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GLYCOPROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN FZD3; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN ROR1; PROTEIN ROR2; PROTEIN RYK; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 6; RYK ANTIBODY; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; WNT7A PROTEIN; WNT7B PROTEIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; NEURITES; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 34547752492     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2007.00536.x     Document Type: Review

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