β-Catenin hits chromatin: Regulation of Wnt target gene activation

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-286

  Mosimann, Christian ^a,b   Hausmann, George ^a   Basler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BIOASSAY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; WNT PROTEINS;

METAZOA;

EID: 62849106337     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2654     Document Type: Review

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