Beyond Wnt inhibition: New functions of secreted Frizzled-related proteins in development and disease

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 737-746

  Bovolenta, Paola ^a,b   Esteve, Pilar ^a,b   Ruiz, Jose Maria ^a,b   Cisneros, Elsa ^a,b   Lopez Rios, Javier ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bmp; Cancer; Diseases; Signalling antagonists

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 2; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 4; WNT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; BONE DISEASE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSSIFICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; RETINA DEGENERATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 42549096546     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.026096     Document Type: Note

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