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Functional characterization and genetic mapping of alk8.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Feb 2001
Payne T L, Postlethwait J H, Yelick P C
Abstract excerpt
The novel type I TGFbeta family member receptor alk8 is expressed both maternally and zygotically. Functional characterization of alk8 was performed using microinjection studies of constitutively active (CA), kinase modified/dominant negative (DN), and truncated alk8 mRNAs. CA Alk8 expression produces ventralized embryos while DN Alk8 expression results in dorsalized phenotypes. Truncated alk8 expressing embryos...
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