APC loss-induced intestinal tumorigenesis in Drosophila: Roles of Ras in Wnt signaling activation and tumor progression

Developmental Biology

Volumn 378, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-140

  Wang, Chenhui ^a,b   Zhao, Rui ^a   Huang, Pin ^a   Yang, Fu ^a   Quan, Zhenghui ^a   Xu, Na ^a   Xi, Rongwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC); DE cadherin; Drosophila; Ras; Tumorigenesis; Wnt

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UVOMORULIN; WNT PROTEIN;

APC GENE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLON POLYPOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPERPLASIA; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 84877925392     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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