Functional conservation of Nematostella Wnts in canonical and noncanonical Wnt-signaling

Biology Open

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-51

  Rigo Watermeier, T ^a   Kraft, B ^a   Ritthaler, M ^b   Wallkamm, V ^a   Holstein, T ^b   Wedlich, D ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axis duplication; Convergent extension; Microtubule orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964669858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.2011021     Document Type: Article

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