Smads in human trophoblast cells: Expression, regulation and role in TGF-β-induced transcriptional activity

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 111-121

  Wu, Dongning ^a   Luo, Shuang ^a   Wang, Yanling ^b   Zhuang, Linzhi ^b   Chen, Yan ^c   Peng, Chun ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

JEG 3; NPC; Smads; TGF

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035946508     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00397-5     Document Type: Article

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