BMP canonical Smad signaling through Smad1 and Smad5 is required for endochondral bone formation

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1093-1104

  Retting, Kelsey N ^a   Song, Buer ^a   Yoon, Byeong S ^a,b   Lyons, Karen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Chondrogenesis; Growth plate; Mouse; Smad

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; IHH PROTEIN, MOUSE; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SMAD5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SMAD9 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIMB; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROGENESIS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; OSTEOGENESIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN;

EID: 66349117431     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.029926     Document Type: Article

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