| Term: | liver Wnt signaling pathway |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | Wnt signaling pathway |
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| Synonyms: | frizzled signaling pathway, frizzled signalling pathway, Wg signaling pathway, Wg signalling pathway, Wingless signaling pathway, Wingless signalling pathway, Wnt receptor signaling pathway, Wnt receptor signalling pathway, Wnt-activated signaling pathway |
| Definition: | The series of molecular signals initiated by binding of a Wnt protein to a frizzled family receptor on the surface of a target cell and ending with a change in cell state. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0016055] QuickGO AmiGO |