The neogenin/DCC homolog UNC-40 promotes BMP signaling via the RGM protein DRAG-1 in C. elegans

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 4070-4080

  Tian, Chenxi ^a,d   Shi, Herong ^a   Xiong, Shan ^b   Hu, Fenghua ^a,c   Xiong, Wen Cheng ^b   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c School of Integrative Plant Sciences   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP signaling; Caenorhabditis elegans; DCC; DRAG 1; Neogenin; RGM; UNC 40

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; LIGAND; NEOGENIN; NETRIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DRAG 1; PROTEIN UNC 40; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; EPISTASIS; GENE MAPPING; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; MUTANT; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; NONSENSE MUTATION; NULL ALLELE; ORTHOLOGY; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR GENE; VENTRAL ROOT;

BMP SIGNALING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DCC; DRAG-1; NEOGENIN; RGM; UNC-40;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84884278956     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.099838     Document Type: Article

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