The ALK-2 and ALK-4 activin receptors transduce distinct mesoderm-inducing signals during early Xenopus development but do not co-operate to establish thresholds

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				N. A. Armes, K. A. Neal, and J. C. Smith A Short Loop on the ALK-2 and ALK-4 Activin Receptors Regulates Signaling Specificity but Cannot Account for All Their Effects on Early Xenopus Development J. Biol. Chem., March 19, 1999; 274(12): 7929 - 7935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Y.-G. Chen and J. Massague Smad1 Recognition and Activation by the ALK1 Group of Transforming Growth Factor-beta Family Receptors J. Biol. Chem., February 5, 1999; 274(6): 3672 - 3677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Ramsdell and H. Yost Cardiac looping and the vertebrate left-right axis: antagonism of left-sided Vg1 activity by a right-sided ALK2-dependent BMP pathway Development, January 12, 1999; 126(23): 5195 - 5205. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M Watanabe and M Whitman FAST-1 is a key maternal effector of mesoderm inducers in the early Xenopus embryo Development, January 12, 1999; 126(24): 5621 - 5634. [Abstract] [PDF]

				Z Gu, E. Reynolds, J Song, H Lei, A Feijen, L Yu, W He, D. MacLaughlin, J van den Eijnden-van Raaij, P. Donahoe, et al. The type I serine/threonine kinase receptor ActRIA (ALK2) is required for gastrulation of the mouse embryo Development, January 6, 1999; 126(11): 2551 - 2561. [Abstract] [PDF]

				A Rodaway, H Takeda, S Koshida, J Broadbent, B Price, J. Smith, R Patient, and N Holder Induction of the mesendoderm in the zebrafish germ ring by yolk cell-derived TGF-beta family signals and discrimination of mesoderm and endoderm by FGF Development, January 6, 1999; 126(14): 3067 - 3078. [Abstract] [PDF]

				B. Latinkic and J. Smith Goosecoid and mix.1 repress Brachyury expression and are required for head formation in Xenopus Development, January 4, 1999; 126(8): 1769 - 1779. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M. Macias-Silva, P. A. Hoodless, S. J. Tang, M. Buchwald, and J. L. Wrana Specific Activation of Smad1 Signaling Pathways by the BMP7 Type I Receptor, ALK2 J. Biol. Chem., October 2, 1998; 273(40): 25628 - 25636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Z. Gu, M. Nomura, B. B. Simpson, H. Lei, A. Feijen, J. van den Eijnden-van Raaij, P. K. Donahoe, and E. Li The type I activin receptor ActRIB is required for egg cylinder organization and gastrulation in the�mouse Genes & Dev., March 15, 1998; 12(6): 844 - 857. [Abstract] [Full Text]

				J.C. Smith, N.A. Armes, F.L. Conlon, M. Tada, M. Umbhauer, and K.M. Weston Upstream and Downstream from Brachyury, a Gene Required for Vertebrate Mesoderm Formation Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol, January 1, 1997; 62(0): 337 - 346. [Abstract] [PDF]