The role and regulation of GDF11 in Smad2 activation during tailbud formation in the Xenopus embryo

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 127, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 485-495

  Ho, Diana M ^a   Yeo, Chang Yeol ^b   Whitman, Malcolm ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; GDF11; Smad2; Tailbud; Tolloid like protease; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 11; PROCOLLAGEN C PROTEINASE; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TOLLOID METALLOPROTEINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAIL; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 1; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TAIL; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 77957905654     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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