Activin B can signal through both ALK4 and ALK7 in gonadotrope cells

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bernard, Daniel J ^a,b   Lee, Katharine B ^b   Santos, Michelle M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR LIKE KINASE 4; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR LIKE KINASE 7; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; MYELOPID; PROTEIN ALK4; PROTEIN ALK7; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMOBILIZED CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPHS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MURINAE;

EID: 33750402400     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-4-52     Document Type: Article

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