Signal transduction: Wnt signalling shows its versatility
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Signal transduction: Wnt signalling shows its versatility
Signalling between cells plays a major role in the elaboration of cell types and tissues, triggering cell fate decisions that are critical in development. A number of pathways have been identified that appear time and again in different contexts. One good example is the pathway that first came to light with the identification of wingless mutant fruitflies. The Drosophila Wingless protein is now...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80439-4