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Disruption of transforming growth factor-beta signaling in ELF beta-spectrin-deficient mice.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 24 Jan 2003
Tang Yi, Katuri Varalakshmi, Dillner Allan, Mishra Bibhuti, Deng Chu-Xia, Mishra Lopa
Abstract excerpt
Disruption of the adaptor protein ELF, a beta-spectrin, leads to disruption of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) signaling by Smad proteins in mice. Elf-/- mice exhibit a phenotype similar to smad2+/-/smad3+/- mutant mice of midgestational death due to gastrointestinal, liver, neural, and heart defects. We show that TGF-beta triggers phosphorylation and association of ELF with Smad3 and Smad4, followed...
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