EGF-CFC proteins are essential coreceptors for the TGF-β signals VG1 and GDF1

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-36

  Cheng, Simon K ^a   Olale, Felix ^a   Bennett, James T ^a   Brivanlou, Ali H ^b   Schier, Alexander F ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin receptors; EGF CFC; Left right axis; Mesoderm induction; Nodal; TGF

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN CFC; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN GDF1; PROTEIN VG1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037229696     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1041203     Document Type: Article

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