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Wnt breakers in colon cancer.
Cancer cell - 1 Jan 2004
Clevers Hans
Abstract excerpt
Beta-catenin and Tcf4 are the downstream effectors of the Wnt signaling cascade. In colorectal cancer, mutations in Wnt cascade genes such as APC lead to the inappropriate formation of beta-catenin/Tcf4 complexes. Earlier work has predicted that disruption of the beta-catenin/Tcf4 protein-protein interaction could revert the proliferative phenotype of colorectal cancer cells. In this issue of Cancer Cell,...
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