A re-evaluation of two key reagents for in vivo studies of Wnt signaling

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 240, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2060-2068

  Ahrens, Molly J ^a   Romereim, Sarah ^a   Dudley, Andrew T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Conditional mutant; Mouse; TOPGAL; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENOTYPE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 80051699684     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22704     Document Type: Article

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