Analysis of the human gene encoding latent transforming growth factor-β-binding protein-2

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 531-542

  Bashir, Muhammad M ^a   Han, Ming Da ^a   Abrams, William R ^a   Tucker, Thomas ^a   Ma, Rong Ine ^a   Gibson, Mark ^b   Ritty, Tim ^c   Mecham, Robert ^c   Rosenbloom, Joel ^a  

^a 1010 Vagelos Research Labs   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic microfibrils; Epidermal growth factor like repeats; Fibrillin; TGF binding proteins

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRILLIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA BINDING PROTEIN 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; FIBER; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029891567     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1357-2725(95)00167-0     Document Type: Article

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