Structural Architecture and Functional Evolution of Wnts

Developmental Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-232

  Bazan, J Fernando ^a   Janda, Claudia Y ^a   Garcia, K Christopher ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 17; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; MORPHOGEN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SAPONIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT8A PROTEIN; WNT8B PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84865073858     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.07.011     Document Type: Note

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