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Elucidating the interactions between the adhesive and transcriptional functions of beta-catenin in normal and cancerous cells.
Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Jul 2007
van Leeuwen Ingeborg M M, Byrne Helen M, Jensen Oliver E, King John R
Abstract excerpt
Wnt signalling is involved in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes. The presence of an extracellular Wnt stimulus induces cytoplasmic stabilisation and nuclear translocation of beta-catenin, a protein that also plays an essential role in cadherin-mediated adhesion. Two main hypotheses have been proposed concerning the balance between beta-catenin's adhesive and transcriptional functions:...
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