Signal transduction of the TGF-β superfamily by Smad proteins

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-16

  Kawabata, Masahiro ^a   Miyazono, Kohei ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DPC4; Mad; Serine threonine kinase receptor; Smad; Tgf

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL NUCLEUS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033012207     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022273     Document Type: Review

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