Ajuba negatively regulates the Wnt signaling pathway by promoting GSK-3β-mediated phosphorylation of β-catenin

Oncogene

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-284

  Haraguchi, K ^a   Ohsugi, M ^a   Abe, Y ^a,b   Semba, K ^a   Akiyama, T ^a   Yamamoto, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; Ajuba; GSK 3 ; Phosphorylation; Wnt

Indexed keywords

AJUBA PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; LUCIFERASE; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BETA CATENIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 38049174277     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210644     Document Type: Article

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