Proteolytic regulatory mechanisms in the formation of extracellular morphogen gradients

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-255

  LeMosy, Ellen K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dpp BMP ligands; Drosophila dorsoventral axis; Mouse; Proteolytic activation; Sp tzle

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; MORPHOGEN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEOGLYCAN; SCATTER FACTOR; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN;

AIRWAY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FINGER; MAMMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEOGLYCANS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750704345     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20074     Document Type: Review

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