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- proper noun biochemistry A large docking
protein that in humans is encoded by the AXIN1gene , and that binds APC, GSK-3β, casein kinase Iα, and β-catenin.
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Examples
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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
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"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.
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"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
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"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
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"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
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Axin 'your pardon, miss, but ye looked a bit furrin and I----
The Melting-Pot Israel Zangwill 1895
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Axin 'yo' pawdon, lil 'missy, fo' mentionin 'de subjeck, but our
Dorothy's Triumph Evelyn Raymond 1876
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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
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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
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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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