Activin type IIA and IIB receptors mediate Gdf11 signaling in axial vertebral patterning

Genes and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 2749-2754

  Paul Oh, S ^a   Yeo, Chang Yeol ^b,e   Lee, Youngjae ^a   Schrewe, Heindrich ^c   Whitman, Malcolm ^b   Li, En ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Activin receptor; Gdf11; Left right asymmetry; Nodal; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2B; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 11; GROWTH FACTOR; LIGAND; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEAD; HOX GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETON MALFORMATION; VERTEBRA; XENOPUS;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036830490     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1021802     Document Type: Article

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