Computational modeling of the interplay between cadherin-mediated cell adhesion and Wnt signaling pathway

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Jiawen ^a   Xie, Zhong Ru ^a   Wu, Yinghao ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; UVOMORULIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; CALIBRATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEOLYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84903548866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100702     Document Type: Article

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