Lefty blocks a subset of TGFβ signals by antagonizing EGF-CFC coreceptors

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Cheng, Simon K ^a   Olale, Felix ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID; CRIPTO FRL 1 CRYPTIC PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 1; GROWTH FACTOR; LEFTY PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NODAL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VG1 PROTEIN; CFC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 19344369929     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020030     Document Type: Article

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