Homeodomain and winged-helix transcription factors recruit activated Smads to distinct promoter elements via a common Smad interaction motif

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 435-451

  Germain, Stéphane ^a,c   Howell, Michael ^a,b   Esslemont, Graeme M ^b   Hill, Caroline S ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Activin; Homeodomain; Smad; TGF ; Transcriptional regulation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE TARGETING; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GOOSECOID PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INHIBINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0034007925     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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