Transcriptional control by the TGF-β/Smad signaling system

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1745-1754

  Massagué, Joan ^a,c   Wotton, David ^b,c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Receptors; Signal transduction; SMAD; TGF ; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL STIMULATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0034678908     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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