CELL-CELL SIGNALING - FROG FRIZBEES

Authors
Citation
Am. Zorn, CELL-CELL SIGNALING - FROG FRIZBEES, Current biology, 7(8), 1997, pp. 501-504
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
7
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
501 - 504
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1997)7:8<501:CS-FF>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The recent discovery that Frizzled proteins are receptors for Wnts has been quickly followed by the identification of a secreted protein, Fr zb, that is related to Frizzled, expressed by the Spemann organizer in frog embryos and can bind to and antagonize Wnt developmental signall ing molecules.