An antagonistic role for the C. elegans Schnurri homolog SMA-9 in modulating TGFβ signaling during mesodermal patterning

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2887-2896

  Foehr, Marisa L ^a   Lindy, Amanda S ^a   Fairbank, Rachel C ^a   Amin, Nirav M ^a   Xu, Ming ^a   Yanowitz, Judith ^b   Fire, Andrew Z ^c   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; daf 4; dbl 1; Dorsoventral patterning; M lineage; Mesoderm; Schnurri; sma 2; sma 4; sma 6; SMA 9; Sma Mab; TGF

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SMA 9; SCHNURRI PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE MUTATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAIL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE DELETION; MESODERM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33748146460     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02476     Document Type: Article

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