Wnt signaling and stem cell control

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 73, Issue , 2008, Pages 59-66

  Nusse, R ^a   Fuerer, C ^a   Ching, W ^a   Harnish, K ^a   Logan, C ^a   Zeng, A ^a   Ten Berge, D ^a   Kalani, Y ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; MORPHOGEN; WNT PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL RESEARCH; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 68549133582     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2008.73.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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