Smad affinity can direct distinct readouts of the embryonic extracellular Dpp gradient in Drosophila

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1550-1558

  Wharton, Stephen J ^a   Basu, Sanjay P ^a   Ashe, Hilary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DPP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GASTRULA; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 4644219746     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.08.053     Document Type: Article

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