Tissue-specific binding of radiolabeled activin A by activin receptors and follistatin in postimplantation rat and mouse embryos

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4201-4209

  Roberts, V J ^a   Bentley, C A ^a   Guo, Q ^b   Matzuk, M M ^b   Woodruff, T K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE CELL; GENE MUTATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MESODERM; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029743671     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.10.8828478     Document Type: Article

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