The various roles of ubiquitin in Wnt pathway regulation

Cell Cycle

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3724-3733

  Tauriello, Daniele V F ^a   Maurice, Madelon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Development; Dishevelled; Protein degradation; Signal transduction; Ubiquitin; Wnt signaling; catenin

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; AXIN; BETA CATENIN; DISHEVELLED PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UVOMORULIN; VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CANCER GROWTH; CELL FATE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 77957005350     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.18.13204     Document Type: Review

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