The pro-domain of the zebrafish Nodal-related protein cyclops regulates its signaling activities

Development

Volumn 135, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2649-2658

  Tian, Jing ^a   Andrée, Birgit ^b   Jones, C Michael ^b   Sampath, Karuna ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cyclops; Left right asymmetry; Mature domain; Nodal signaling; Pro domain; Squint; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPS PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN NODAL; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL HETEROTAXIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LYSOSOME; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYSOSOMES; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 50649085766     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.019794     Document Type: Article

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