Updating the Wnt pathways

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 593-607

  Yu, Jia ^a   Virshup, David M ^a,b,c,d  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomatous polyposis coli; Planar cell polarity (PCP); Wnt

Indexed keywords

ERINACEIDAE;

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HIPPO PROTEIN, HUMAN; HIPPO PROTEIN, MOUSE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SHH PROTEIN, HUMAN; SHH PROTEIN, MOUSE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; WNT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEOPLASMS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; WNT1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84949116672     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: 15734935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20140119     Document Type: Review

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