Follistatin preferentially antagonizes activin rather than BMP signaling in Drosophila

Genesis

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-273

  Pentek, Jozsef ^a   Parker, Louise ^a,b   Wu, Alison ^a   Arora, Kavita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; BMP; Drosophila; Ecdysone; Follistatin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FOLLISTATIN; LIGAND; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; LIGANDS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WING;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 66149141480     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20486     Document Type: Article

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