Genome-wide identification of phospho-regulators of Wnt signaling in Drosophila

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1502-1515

  Swarup, Sharan ^a   Pradhan Sundd, Tirthadipa ^a   Verheyen, Esther M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hedgehog; In vivo RNAi screen; Notch; Wingless; Wnt

Indexed keywords

CASEIN KINASE; CASEIN KINASE IGAMMA; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN 37; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; CASEIN KINASE I; CDC37 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GILGAMESH PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HEDGEHOG PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NOTCH PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; WG PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENOME ANALYSIS; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; FORELIMB; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; CASEIN KINASE I; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; WING; WNT PROTEINS; WNT1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84926306663     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.116715     Document Type: Article

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