Cloning and characterization of zebrafish smad2, smad3 and smad4

Gene

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 69-80

  Dick, Alexander ^a   Mayr, Thomas ^a   Bauer, Hermann ^a   Meier, Andrea ^a   Hammerschmidt, Matthias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axis formation; Cyclops; Gene expression; Nodal; TGF signal transduction

Indexed keywords

SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOPIA; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CODE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

CYCLOPIA; CYCLOPS; DANIO; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034603767     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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