The Xenopus dorsalizing factor Gremlin identifies a novel family of secreted proteins that antagonize BMP activities

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 673-683

  Hsu, David R ^a   Economides, Aris N ^b   Wang, Xiaorong ^b   Eimon, Peter M ^a   Harland, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Regeneron Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CERBERUS PROTEIN, XENOPUS; CKTSF1B1 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; DAN PROTEIN, XENOPUS; GREM2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INHIBIN; NDR2 PROTEIN, VERTEBRATE; NDR2 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEURAL CREST; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INHIBINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAL CREST; OOCYTES; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0032039482     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80067-2     Document Type: Article

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