The Drosophila activin receptor Baboon signals through dSmad2 and controls cell proliferation but not patterning during larval development

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-111

  Brummel, Ted ^a,f   Abdollah, Shirin ^b   Haerry, Theodor E ^a,e   Shimell, Mary Jane ^a,e   Merriam, John ^c   Raftery, Laurel ^d   Wrana, Jeffrey L ^b   O'Connor, Michael B ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Baboon; DSmad2; Imaginal disc; Optic proliferation centers; TGF

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032900499     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.1.98     Document Type: Article

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