Mathematical modelling of Wnt/β-catenin signalling

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1281-1285

  Kofahl, Bente ^a   Wolf, Jana ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

catenin; Cell cell adhesion; Cross talk; Feedback loop; Oscillation; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; UVOMORULIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL ADHESION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 77957266315     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0381281     Document Type: Review

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