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  • proper noun biochemistry A large docking protein that in humans is encoded by the AXIN1 gene, and that binds APC, GSK-3β, casein kinase Iα, and β-catenin.

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Examples

  • Wnt signalling is also controlled by intracellular antagonists such as Axin, APC and Groucho which regulate β-catenin stability and activity

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Eric Haÿ et al. 2009

  • "Axin 'yo' pardon, Mrs. Bottom, we didn't know a lady was in hearin 'or we'd never have made so bold," said old Adam.

    The Miller of Old Church 1911

  • "Axin 'yo' pardon, Mrs. Bottom, we didn't know a lady was in hearin 'or we'd never have made so bold," said old Adam.

    The Miller Of Old Church Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909

  • "Axin yer pardon m'am, it may be rude, but hit ain't writ in our book of etiquette ter knock at the front door when we're huntin 'fer a man charged with murder."

    The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire 1907

  • "Axin 'yer pardon, sir, but hev you got a pair of eyes in your head which can make out anything unusual aboard there?"

    The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea Max Pemberton 1906

  • Axin 'your pardon, miss, but ye looked a bit furrin and I----

    The Melting-Pot Israel Zangwill 1895

  • Axin 'yo' pawdon, lil 'missy, fo' mentionin 'de subjeck, but our

    Dorothy's Triumph Evelyn Raymond 1876

  • Binding of Wnt to its receptor Fz and co-receptor, low-density lipoprotein receptor related protein (LRP), releases Axin from the destruction complex, allowing amino-terminally dephosphorylated β-catenin to accumulate in the cytoplasm.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Masako Osada et al. 2010

  • The most studied canonical Wnt pathway leads to stabilization of β-catenin by inactivating the "destruction complex" consisting of adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), Axin and glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Masako Osada et al. 2010

  • Axin 2 and c-Myc, although a decline in Wnt target genes could also be explained by a loss of specific TEC subsets that differentially express these genes.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Masako Osada et al. 2010

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