β-Catenin-Independent Roles of Wnt/LRP6 Signaling

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 956-967

  Acebron, Sergio P ^a   Niehrs, Christof ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GSK3; mitosis; post transcriptional Wnt signaling; proteolysis; Wnt STOP; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BUB1 RELATED PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 4; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 7; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 6; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MYC PROTEIN; POLO LIKE KINASE 1; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN SAM68; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GERM CELL; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT SIGNALING;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; HUMANS; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR-RELATED PROTEIN-6; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84994097063     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2016.07.009     Document Type: Review

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