A genetic screen for modifiers of Drosophila decapentaplegic signaling identifies mutations in punt, Mothers against dpp and the BMP-7 homologue, 60A

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1759-1768

  Chen, Yijing ^a   Riese, Matthew J ^a   Killinger, Mark A ^a   Hoffmann, F Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

60A; dpp; Drosophila; Mad; Modifier screen; punt; TGF

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DIFFERENTIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FAT BODY; IMAGINAL DISC; MESODERM; MIDGUT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISCERA;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INSECT PROTEINS; MESODERM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031860761     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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