Xenopus Smad7 inhibits both the activin and BMP pathways and acts as a neural inducer

Developmental Biology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Casellas, Rafael ^a   Brivanlou, Ali Hemmati ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; BMP; Neural induction; Smad; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH REGULATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032101098     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(98)80025-0     Document Type: Article

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