Volume 22, No 12, Dec 2012

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
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Volume 22 Issue 12, December 2012: 1621-1623

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Taking a bite out of Wnts

Cortney M Bouldin and David Kimelman

Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98103-7350, USA Correspondence: David Kimelman,(kimelman@uw.edu)

Proper control of intercellular communication through the Wnt signaling pathway is of critical importance for many aspects of biology, including head formation during vertebrate embryogenesis. A recent Cell paper describes the discovery of a novel protein, TIKI, which controls head size through a surprising new mechanism of Wnt antagonism.

Cell Research (2012) 22:1621-1623. doi:10.1038/cr.2012.104; published online 10 July 2012

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