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Wnt signalling and its impact on development and cancer.
Nature reviews. Cancer - 1 May 2008
Klaus Alexandra, Birchmeier Walter
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The Wnt signalling pathway is an ancient system that has been highly conserved during evolution. It has a crucial role in the embryonic development of all animal species, in the regeneration of tissues in adult organisms and in many other processes. Mutations or deregulated expression of components of the Wnt pathway can induce disease, most importantly cancer. The first gene to be identified that encodes a Wnt...
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