Cell–cell signalling: Frog frizbees
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Cell–cell signalling: Frog frizbees
The recent discovery that Frizzled proteins are receptor for Wnts has been quickly followed by the identification of a secreted protein, Frzb, that is related to Frizzled, expressed by the Spemann organizer in frog embryos and can bind to and antagonize Wnt developmental signalling molecules.
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00248-x