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- Title
TGF-beta signalling from cell membrane to nucleus through SMAD proteins.
- Authors
Heldin, C H; Miyazono, K; ten Dijke, P
- Abstract
The recent identification of the SMAD family of signal transducer proteins has unravelled the mechanisms by which transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) signals from the cell membrane to the nucleus. Pathway-restricted SMADs are phosphorylated by specific cell-surface receptors that have serine/threonine kinase activity, then they oligomerize with the common mediator Smad4 and translocate to the nucleus where they direct transcription to effect the cell's response to TGF-beta. Inhibitory SMADs have been identified that block the activation of these pathway-restricted SMADs.
- Publication
Nature, 1997, Vol 390, Issue 6659, p465
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/37284