SMA-3 Smad has specific and critical functions in DBL-1/SMA-6 TGFβ- related signaling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-76

  Savage Dunn, Cathy ^a,b   Tokarz, Rafal ^a   Wang, Huang ^b   Cohen, Stephen ^b   Giannikas, Christina ^a   Padgett, Richard W ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell size; Pattern formation; Smad; TGF

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN DBL 1; PROTEIN SMA 3; PROTEIN SMA 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SIZE; EGG LAYING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0034235882     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9713     Document Type: Article

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