Dpp/BMP signaling in flies: From molecules to biology

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-136

  Hamaratoglu, Fisun ^a   Affolter, Markus ^b   Pyrowolakis, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activating element; Brinker; Dally; Daughters against dpp; Dpp; Drosophila; Feedback regulation; Growth; Morphogen; Optomotor blind; Patterning; Pentagone; Scaling; Silencer element; Spalt

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OMB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DPP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MAGU PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; SCLEROPROTEIN;

CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORELIMB; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WING;

EID: 84904464636     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.04.036     Document Type: Review

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