Alternative Names
MGC119418; MGC119419; MGC119420; protein Wnt-3a; wingless-type MMTV integration site family, member 3A; Wnt3a; Wnt-3a
Background
Wnt-3a is one of 19 vertebrate members of the Wingless-type MMTV integration site (Wnt) family of highly conserved cysteine-rich secreted glycoproteins important for normal developmental processes.Required for normal embryonic mesoderm development and formation of caudal somites. Required for normal morphogenesis of the developing neural tube (By similarity). Mediates self-renewal of the stem cells at the bottom on intestinal crypts (in vitro).
Note
For Research Use Only , Not for Diagnostic Use.