Swift is a novel BRCT domain coactivator of Smad2 in transforming growth factor β signaling

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3901-3912

  Shimizu, Kazuya ^b   Bourillot, Pierre Yves ^c   Nielsen, Søren J ^c   Zorn, Aaron M ^c   Gurdon, J B ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SWIFT; SMAD PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRCA1 PROTEIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

APUS APUS;

EID: 0035024425     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.12.3901-3912.2001     Document Type: Article

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