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Regulation of BMP signaling by the BMP1/TLD-related metalloprotease, SpAN.
Developmental biology - 1 Feb 1999
Wardle F C, Angerer L M, Angerer R C, Dale L
Abstract excerpt
We have used the Xenopus embryo as a test system for analyzing the activity of SpAN, a sea urchin metalloprotease in the astacin family containing BMP1 and tolloid. Embryos expressing SpAN initiated gastrulation on a time scale indistinguishable from controls, but invagination of the vegetal pole was subsequently delayed by several hours. At tailbud stages the most severely affected embryos were completely...
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