The expression of TGFβ signal transducers in the hypodermis regulates body size in C. elegans

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4989-4998

  Wang, Jianjun ^a   Tokarz, Rafal ^a   Savage Dunn, Cathy ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Body size; Caenorhabditis elegans; Smad; TGF

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; HELMINTH DNA; HELMINTH PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SMA 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SMA 6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SMA-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SMA-6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL GROWTH; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH REGULATION; INTESTINE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY CONSTITUTION; DERMIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL SIZE; DERMIS; DNA, HELMINTH; FEEDBACK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0036827007     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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