YAP, TAZ, and Yorkie: a conserved family of signal-responsive transcriptional coregulators in animal development and human disease

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-91

  Wang, Kainan ^a,b,c   Degerny, Cindy ^a,b   Xu, Minghong ^a,b   Yang, Xiang Jiao ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

14 3 3; Hippo; LATS kinase; Organogenesis; Transcription coactivator; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

14-3-3; HIPPO; LATS KINASE; ORGANOGENESIS; TUMORIGENESIS;

CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MAMMALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN U; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN 14 3 3; PROTEIN P73; PROTEIN TAZ; PROTEIN YAP; PROTEIN YORKIE; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DISEASE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 65249102236     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O08-114     Document Type: Review

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