JB Special Review - Wnt Signaling: Biological Functions and Its Implications in Diseases: Context-dependent regulation of the β-catenin transcriptional complex supports diverse functions of Wnt/β-catenin signaling

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 9-17

  Masuda, Takamasa ^a   Ishitani, Tohru ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Context dependent; Histone modifier; Vertebrate development; Wnt; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; HISTONE; LEF PROTEIN; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; NEURAL STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 85014541439     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvw072     Document Type: Article

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