Publication Date:
1992-03-27
Description:
A complementary DNA coding for a second type of activin receptor (ActRIIB) has been cloned from Xenopus laevis that fulfills the structural criteria of a transmembrane protein serine kinase. Ectodermal explants from embryos injected with activin receptor RNA show increased sensitivity to activin, as measured by the induction of muscle actin RNA. In addition, injected embryos display developmental defects characterized by inappropriate formation of dorsal mesodermal tissue. These results demonstrate that this receptor is involved in signal transduction and are consistent with the proposed role of activin in the induction and patterning of mesoderm in Xenopus embryos.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mathews, L S -- Vale, W W -- Kintner, C R -- DK-26741/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- HD-07343/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- HD-13275/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Mar 27;255(5052):1702-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1313188" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Activin Receptors
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Activins
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Cloning, Molecular
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DNA/genetics
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Inhibins/*physiology
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Membrane Proteins/genetics
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Protein Kinases/genetics
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Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases
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Receptors, Cell Surface/*genetics
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Signal Transduction
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Xenopus laevis/embryology/*genetics
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
