Mechanism and function of signaling by the TGFβ superfamily

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 228, Issue , 1997, Pages 235-272

  Hoodless, P A ^a   Wrana, J L ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANCHORAGE INDEPENDENT GROWTH; CANCER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; GASTRULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0030787152     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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