WNT/Frizzled signalling: Receptor-ligand selectivity with focus on FZD-G protein signalling and its physiological relevance: IUPHAR Review 3

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1195-1209

  Dijksterhuis, J P ^a   Petersen, J ^a   Schulte, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dishevelled; Frizzled; GPCR; heterotrimeric G proteins; WNT

Indexed keywords

DISHEVELLED 1; DISHEVELLED 2; DISHEVELLED 3; DISHEVELLED PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN 1; FRIZZLED PROTEIN 10; FRIZZLED PROTEIN 2; FRIZZLED PROTEIN 3; FRIZZLED PROTEIN 4; FRIZZLED PROTEIN 5; FRIZZLED PROTEIN 6; FRIZZLED PROTEIN 7; FRIZZLED PROTEIN 8; FRIZZLED PROTEIN 9; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

DISHEVELLED; FRIZZLED; GPCR; HETEROTRIMERIC G PROTEINS; WNT;

ANIMALS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84895192951     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12364     Document Type: Review

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