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Activin receptor inhibition by Smad2 regulates Drosophila wing disc patterning through BMP-response elements.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Feb 2013
Peterson Aidan J, O'Connor Michael B
Abstract excerpt
Imaginal disc development in Drosophila requires coordinated cellular proliferation and tissue patterning. In our studies of TGFβ superfamily signaling components, we found that a protein null mutation of Smad2, the only Activin subfamily R-Smad in the fruit fly, produces overgrown wing discs that resemble gain of function for BMP subfamily signaling. The wing discs are expanded specifically along the...
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