Two modes by which lefty proteins inhibit nodal signaling

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 618-624

  Chen, Canhe ^a   Shen, Michael M ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; CFC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CFC1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; LEFT RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTOR PROTEINS; LEFT-RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTOR PROTEINS; LUCIFERASE; PROTEIN NODAL; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; SERODIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; PLASMIDS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842762249     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.02.042     Document Type: Article

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