The Adenomatous Polyposis coli protein: The achilles heel of the gut epithelium

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue , 2004, Pages 337-366

  Näthke, Inke S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colon; Cytoskeleton; Migration; Wnt

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; F ACTIN; WNT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; COLON CANCER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CYTOSKELETON; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA;

EID: 8444236025     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.20.012103.094541     Document Type: Review

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