Wnts come in small packages

2,573 views · Published 6 October 2009 · 4:14 · Indexed 12 October 2026

Channel: Cell Press · 2009 · Science & Technology

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Wnts are signaling molecules important for development and neuronal functions.  Watch and listen as Vivian Budnik and her colleagues take you on a brief personally guided tour of their study demonstrating that Wnts are transferred between neurons within vesicles that cross synapses.

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