Subfunctionalization and neofunctionalization of vertebrate Lef/Tcf transcription factors

Developmental Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-53

  Klingel, Susanne ^a   Morath, Iris ^a   Strietz, Juliane ^a   Menzel, Katharina ^a   Holstein, Thomas W ^b   Gradl, Dietmar ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lef; Tcf; Wnt

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN 3; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYDRA; HYDRA MAGNIPAPILLATA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84862768809     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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