Intrinsic properties of Tcf1 and Tcf4 splice variants determine cell-type-specific Wnt/β-catenin target gene expression

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 9455-9469

  Wallmen, Britta ^a   Schrempp, Monika ^a   Hecht, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; PROTEIN TCF1E; PROTEIN TCF4; PROTEIN TCF4E; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; T CELL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7-LIKE 2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84868149453     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks690     Document Type: Article

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