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Dishevelled


Dishevelled (Dsh) is a family of proteins involved in non-canonical Wnt signalling pathways. Dsh is a cytoplasmic phosphoprotein that acts directly downstream of frizzled receptors.[1]

Dishevelled plays important roles in both the embryo and the adult, ranging from cellular differentiation and cell polarity to social behavior.[2]

Members

Members

There are three human genes that encode dishevelled proteins:[3]

References

References

  1. Penton A, Wodarz A, Nusse R (2002). “A mutational analysis of dishevelled in Drosophila defines novel domains in the dishevelled protein as well as novel suppressing alleles of axin”. Genetics. 161 (2): 747–62. PMC 1462152. PMID 12072470. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. Wallingford JB, Habas R (2005). “The developmental biology of Dishevelled: an enigmatic protein governing cell fate and cell polarity”. Development. 132 (20): 4421–36. doi:10.1242/dev.02068. PMID 16192308. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. Lee YN, Gao Y, Wang HY (2008). “Differential mediation of the Wnt canonical pathway by mammalian Dishevelleds-1, -2, and -3”. Cell. Signal. 20 (2): 443–52. doi:10.1016/j.cellsig.2007.11.005. PMID 18093802. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
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