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Transcriptional activating activity of Smad4: roles of SMAD hetero-oligomerization and enhancement by an associating transactivator.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 18 Aug 1998
Shioda T, Lechleider R J, Dunwoodie S L, Li H, Yahata T, de Caestecker M P, Fenner M H, Roberts A B, Isselbacher K J
Abstract excerpt
Smad4 plays a pivotal role in signal transduction of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily cytokines by mediating transcriptional activation of target genes. Hetero-oligomerization of Smad4 with the pathway-restricted SMAD proteins is essential for Smad4-mediated transcription. We provide evidence that SMAD hetero-oligomerization is directly required for the Smad4 C-terminal domain [Smad4(C)] to show...
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