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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans
SUBMITTER: Ling Yu
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-687 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Liang Jun J Yu Ling L Yin Jianghua J Savage-Dunn Cathy C
Developmental biology 20070303 2
In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the BMP-related growth factor DBL-1 regulates body size and male tail morphogenesis via a conserved receptor/Smad signaling pathway. Smads are transcription factors, but rely on transcription cofactors for appropriate regulation of target genes in response to TGF-beta- and BMP-related signals. In the DBL-1 pathway, sma-9 encodes multiple zinc finger transcription factors homologous to Drosophila Schnurri, which functions in Dpp/BMP signaling. We have studi ...[more]