TGF-β family signal transduction in Drosophila development: From Mad to Smads

Developmental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-268

  Raftery, Laurel A ^a   Sutherland, David J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; BMP; Dpp; Midgut patterning; Smad; TGF ; Transcription factors; Wing patterning

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LIGAND; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033564526     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9282     Document Type: Review

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