The tumor suppressor gene Smad4/Dpc4 is required for gastrulation and later for anterior development of the mouse embryo

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-119

  Sirard, Christian ^a,b   De La Pompa, José Luis ^a,b   Elia, Andrew ^a,b   Itie, Annick ^a,b   Mirtsos, Christine ^a,b   Cheung, Alison ^a,b   Hahn, Stephan ^c   Wakeham, Andrew ^a,b   Schwartz, Lois ^b,d   Kern, Scott E ^c   Rossant, Janet ^b,d   Mak, Tak W ^a,b  

^a AMGEN INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior development; Gastrulation; Smad4 Dpc4 mutant mice; Visceral endoderm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; EPISTASIS; GASTRULATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 15444348295     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.1.107     Document Type: Article

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