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Targeted disruption of Smad3 reveals an essential role in transforming growth factor beta-mediated signal transduction.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Apr 1999
Datto M B, Frederick J P, Pan L, Borton A J, Zhuang Y, Wang X F
Abstract excerpt
The Smads are a family of nine related proteins which function as signaling intermediates for the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) superfamily of ligands. To discern the in vivo functions of one of these Smads, Smad3, we generated mice harboring a targeted disruption of this gene. Smad3 null mice, although smaller than wild-type littermates, are viable, survive to adulthood, and exhibit an early...
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