Wnt Genes in Biological Development and Oncogenesis
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    The Wnt genes belong to an ever-expanding family of proto-oncogenes that express in species ranging from Drosophila to man. Wnt proteins, as well as other growth factors or signaling molecules, have the characteristics of secreted growth factors. As recently, a group of proteins in Frizzled (Fz) family have been identified as the putative receptors of Wnt family,several components are implicated in the downstream of Wnt/Fz signaling pathway, such as Dishevelled, GSK3 (glycogen synthase kinase 3), APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) and β-catenin.This signal transduction pathway plays a pivotal role not only in the formation and organization of developing organs, but also in biological tumorigenesis.

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ZHUANG Li-Yan, GUO Ying-Lu, ZHANG Zhi-Wen. Wnt Genes in Biological Development and Oncogenesis[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,1999,26(2):117-121

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  • Received:October 20,1997
  • Revised:March 27,1998
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