Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC): A multi-functional tumor suppressor gene

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 120, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3327-3335

  Aoki, Koji ^a   Taketo, Makoto M ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; Actin; APC; Asef; Cell adhesion; Cell migration; Chromosome instability; Colon cancer; EB1; IQGAP1; Microtubules; Wnt signalling pathway

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; APC PROTEIN; AXIN; BETA CATENIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; IQ MOTIF CONTAINING GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EB1; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COLON CANCER; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIVER CANCER; LYMPHOID CELL; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMAL; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

MUS;

EID: 35648988947     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03485     Document Type: Note

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