Wnt signaling in neuromuscular junction development

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1-22

  Koles, Kate ^a   Budnik, Vivian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

LIGAND; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; HUMANS; LIGANDS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84863934220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a008045     Document Type: Article

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