Negative regulation of Activin/Nodal signaling by SRF during Xenopus gastrulation

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 769-777

  Yun, Chang Hyun ^a,b   Choi, Sun Cheol ^c,e   Park, Eunjoo ^c   Kim, Seong Jin ^d   Chung, An Sik ^b   Lee, Hyeong Kyu ^a   Lee, Ho Jae ^a   Han, Jin Kwan ^c  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin and Nodal signaling; Germ layer formation; SRF; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; PROTEIN NODAL; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SMAD2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GASTRULA; MESODERM; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; RNA, MESSENGER; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33947303350     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02778     Document Type: Article

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