Essential role of BCL9-2 in the switch between β-catenin's adhesive and transcriptional functions

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2225-2230

  Brembeck, Felix H ^a   Schwarz Romond, Thomas ^a,c   Bakkers, Jeroen ^b,d   Wilhelm, Sabine ^a   Hammerschmidt, Matthias ^b   Birchmeier, Walter ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

catenin; BCL9 legless; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Mesoderm patterning; Tyrosine phosphorylation; Wnt8

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL9-2; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; WNT GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MESODERM; MICE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TYROSINE; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 4444276194     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.317604     Document Type: Article

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