Wnt Signaling at the Membrane

Wnt Signaling in Development and Disease: Molecular Mechanisms and Biological Functions

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 15-32

  Davidson, Gary ^a   Niehrs, Christof ^b,c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frizzled (FZD) receptors; LRP; Transmembrane protein; Wnt receptors; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926450554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118444122.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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