Reporter gene HEK 293 cells and WNT/Frizzled fusion proteins as tools to study WNT signaling pathways

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 392, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1011-1020

  Ring, Larisa ^a   Peröbner, Iris ^a   Karow, Marisa ^a   Jochum, Marianne ^a   Neth, Peter ^a   Faussner, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

activator protein 1 (AP 1); cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element (CRE); G protein coupled receptor (GPCR); nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT); T cell factor lymphoid enhanced factor (TCF LEF)

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 5; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 6; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENES, REPORTER; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; WNT3A PROTEIN;

EID: 80053623428     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2011.164     Document Type: Article

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