Conservation and evolutionary divergence in the activity of receptor-regulated smads

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Activity of the Transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) pathway is essential to the establishment of body axes and tissue differentiation in bilaterians. Orthologs for core pathway members have been found in all metazoans, but uncertain...

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Main Authors: Sorrentino Gina M, Gillis William Q, Oomen-Hajagos Jamina, Thomsen Gerald H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-10-01
Series:EvoDevo
Subjects:
BMP
Online Access:http://www.evodevojournal.com/content/3/1/22