[PDF][PDF] The TGF-b superfamily: new members, new receptors, and new genetic tests of function in different organisms

D Kingsley - Genes and development, 1994 - scholar.archive.org
In the last 10 years, a large family of secreted signaling molecules has been discovered that
appear to mediate many key events in normal growth and development. The family is known …

[PDF][PDF] Bone morphogenetic proteins: multifunctional regulators of vertebrate development.

BL Hogan - Genes & development, 1996 - scholar.archive.org
A recurrent theme in embryonic development and tissue regeneration is that cells
communicate with each other using just a handful of conserved families of signaling …

The protein encoded by a growth arrest-specific gene (gas6) is a new member of the vitamin K-dependent proteins related to protein S, a negative coregulator in the …

G Manfioletti, C Brancolini, G Avanzi… - Molecular and cellular …, 1993 - Am Soc Microbiol
A set of growth arrest-specific genes (gas) whose expression is negatively regulated after
serum induction has previously been described (C. Schneider, RM King, and L. Philipson …

The metzincins—Topological and sequential relations between the astacins, adamalysins, serralysins, and matrixins (collagenases) define a super family of zinc …

W Stöcker, F Grams, P Reinemer, W Bode… - Protein …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The three‐dimensional structures of the zinc endopeptidases human neutrophil
collagenase, adamalysin II from rattle snake venom, alkaline proteinase from Pseudomonas …

Genetic characterization and cloning of mothers against dpp, a gene required for decapentaplegic function in Drosophila melanogaster.

JJ Sekelsky, SJ Newfeld, LA Raftery, EH Chartoff… - Genetics, 1995 - academic.oup.com
The decapentaplegic (dpp) gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes a growth factor that
belongs to the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily and that plays a …

The CUB domain: a widespread module in developmentally regulated proteins

P Bork, G Beckmann - Journal of molecular biology, 1993 - Elsevier
Sequence analysis has revealed the presence of 31 copies of an extracellular domain, here
called CUB, in 16 functionally diverse proteins such as the dorso-ventral patterning protein …

Bone morphogenetic protein-1: the type I procollagen C-proteinase

E Kessler, K Takahara, L Biniaminov, M Brusel… - Science, 1996 - science.org
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are bone-derived factors capable of inducing ectopic
bone formation. Unlike other BMPs, BMP-1 is not like transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) …

Molecular genetics of axis formation in zebrafish

AF Schier, WS Talbot - Annu. Rev. Genet., 2005 - annualreviews.org
The basic vertebrate body plan of the zebrafish embryo is established in the first 10 hours of
development. This period is characterized by the formation of the anterior-posterior and …

The astacin family of metalloendopeptidases

JS Bond, RJ Beynon - Protein Science, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The astacin family of metalloendopeptidases was recognized as a novel family of proteases
in the 1990s. The crayfish enzyme astacin was the first characterized and is one of the …

The mouse short ear skeletal morphogenesis locus is associated with defects in a bone morphogenetic member of the TGFβ superfamily

DM Kingsley, AE Bland, JM Grubber, PC Marker… - Cell, 1992 - cell.com
The mouse short ear gene is required for normal growth and patterning of skeletal
structures, and for repair of bone fractures in adults. We have carried out an extensive …