TGFβ Signaling in Growth Control, Cancer, and Heritable Disorders
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TGFβ Signaling in Growth Control, Cancer, and Heritable Disorders
process are now understood. Adjacent to the kinase domain of the type I receptors is a conserved 30 amino New York, New York 10021 acid segment known as the GS region (for a GSGS sequence it contains). In the basal state, the GS region The transforming growth factor  (TGF) pathway occu-forms a wedge that presses against the catalytic center (Huse et al., 1999). The immunophilins FKBP12 and pi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)00121-5