Defining the roles of β-catenin and plakoglobin in LEF/T-cell factor-dependent transcription using β-catenin/plakoglobin-null F9 cells

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 825-835

  Shimizu, Masayuki ^a   Fukunaga, Yoshitaka ^a   Ikenouchi, Junichi ^b   Nagafuchi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLASMID DNA; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL FRACTIONATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; L CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERATOCARCINOMA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; GAMMA CATENIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 37449032767     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.02375-06     Document Type: Article

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