Mothers against dpp encodes a conserved cytoplasmic protein required in DPP/TGF-β responsive cells

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2099-2108

  Newfeld, Stuart J ^a   Chartoff, Elena H ^a,b   Graft, Jonathan M ^a   Melton, Douglas A ^a   Gelbart, William M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Intercellular signaling; Mad; Midgut morphogenesis; TGF family

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, REPORTER; INSECT HORMONES; MORPHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030018425     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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