Cdc42 controls progenitor cell differentiation and beta-catenin turnover in skin.

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Published in Genes Dev on March 01, 2006

Authors

Xunwei Wu1, Fabio Quondamatteo, Tine Lefever, Aleksandra Czuchra, Hannelore Meyer, Anna Chrostek, Ralf Paus, Lutz Langbein, Cord Brakebusch

Author Affiliations

1: Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Heisenberg Group Regulation of Cytoskeletal Organization, Department of Molecular Medicine, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.

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