Deciphering the function of canonical Wnt signals in development and disease: Conditional loss- and gain-of-function mutations of β-catenin in mice

Genes and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2308-2341

  Grigoryan, Tamara ^a   Wend, Peter ^a   Klaus, Alexandra ^a   Birchmeier, Walter ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

catenin; Development; Disease; Mouse

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEMATOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SENSE ORGAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BONE AND BONES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXTREMITIES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEART; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; NEURAL CREST; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SENSE ORGANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; MUS;

EID: 51149118892     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1686208     Document Type: Review

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