GRG5/AES Interacts with T-Cell Factor 4 (TCF4) and Downregulates Wnt Signaling in Human Cells and Zebrafish Embryos

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Costa, Ângela M Sousa ^a,b   Pereira Castro, Isabel ^a,b   Ricardo, Elisabete ^a,b   Spencer, Forrest ^c   Fisher, Shannon ^d   da Costa, Luís Teixeira ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELL PROTEIN; GROUCHO FAMILY PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN GRG5; T CELL FACTOR 3 PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR 4 PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CO-REPRESSOR PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7-LIKE 2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UP-REGULATION; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879706301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067694     Document Type: Article

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