Liposomal packaging generates Wnt protein with in vivo biological activity.

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Published in PLoS One on August 13, 2008

Authors

Nathan T Morrell1, Philipp Leucht, Ludan Zhao, Jae-Beom Kim, Derk ten Berge, Karthik Ponnusamy, A Lyonel Carre, Henryk Dudek, Marie Zachlederova, Michael McElhaney, Shirley Brunton, Janet Gunzner, Marinella Callow, Paul Polakis, Mike Costa, Xiaoyan M Zhang, Jill A Helms, Roel Nusse

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.

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