Analysis of Wnt/FZD-mediated signalling in a cell line model of colorectal cancer morphogenesis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 468, Issue , 2008, Pages 263-273

  Vincan, Elizabeth ^a   Whitehead, Robert H ^b   Faux, Maree C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Frizzled7; Tumour morphogenesis; Wnt signalling

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROVIRUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGANOIDS; RETROVIRIDAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 58749088979     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-249-6_21     Document Type: Article

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