Is chordin a long-range- or short-range-acting factor? Roles for BMP1- related metalloproteases in chordin and BMP4 autofeedback loop regulation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 120-138

  Blitz, Ira L ^a   Shimmi, Osamu ^b   Wünnenberg Stapleton, Katrin ^a   O'Connor, Michael B ^b   Cho, Ken W Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP signaling; Juxtacrine relay; Metalloprotease; Morphogen; Pattern formation; Spemann's organizer; Tolloid

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN CHORDIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034235282     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9740     Document Type: Article

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