Myocilin is a modulator of Wnt signaling

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2139-2154

  Kwon, Heung Sun ^a   Lee, Hee Sheung ^a   Ji, Yun ^b   Rubin, Jeffrey S ^b   Tomarev, Stanislav I ^a,c  

^a Laboratory of Molecular   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; CYSTEINE; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYOCILIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 3; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT INHIBITORY FACTOR 1; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRESS FIBER; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; WNT PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 64649096639     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01274-08     Document Type: Article

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