Follistatin

Cell surface, heparin-like molecules are required for binding of basic fibroblast growth factor to its high affinity receptor

1991 • 2,437 citations

Activin-Binding Protein from Rat Ovary Is Follistatin

1990 • 886 citations

Expression cloning of an activin receptor, a predicted transmembrane serine kinase

1991 • 760 citations

Follistatin, an antagonist of activin, is expressed in the Spemann organizer and displays direct neuralizing activity

1994 • 759 citations

Multiple defects and perinatal death in mice deficient in follistatin

1995 • 586 citations

Cleavage of Chordin by Xolloid Metalloprotease Suggests a Role for Proteolytic Processing in the Regulation of Spemann Organizer Activity

1997 • 398 citations

The dorsalizing and neural inducing gene follistatin is an antagonist of BMP-4

1997 • 382 citations

The isolation of polypeptides with FSH suppressing activity from bovine follicular fluid which are structurally different to inhibin

1987 • 349 citations

Follistatins neutralize activin bioactivity by inhibition of activin binding to its type II receptors

1996 • 213 citations

A Novel Role of Follistatin, an Activin-binding Protein, in the Inhibition of Activin Action in Rat Pituitary Cells

1997 • 183 citations

Follistatin, an activin-binding protein, associates with heparan sulfate chains of proteoglycans on follicular granulosa cells.

1991 • 167 citations

Recombinant Expression of Human Follistatin with 315 and 288 Amino Acids: Chemical and Biological Comparison with Native Porcine Follistatin*

1991 • 166 citations

Roles of Inhibins, Activins, and Follistatin in the Female Reproductive System

1996 • 148 citations

Inhibins, Activins, and Follistatins: The Saga Continues

1997 • 77 citations

Genes Coding for Mouse Activin βCand βEAre Closely Linked and Exhibit a Liver-Specific Expression Pattern in Adult Tissues

1997 • 74 citations

Overexpression of Mouse Follistatin Causes Reproductive Defects in Transgenic Mice

1997 • 66 citations

Cloning and Early Dorsal Axial Expression of Flik, a Chick Follistatin-Related Gene: Evidence for Involvement in Dorsalization/Neural Induction

1996 • 56 citations

Encrypted morphogens of skeletogenesis

1998 • 34 citations

Expression of follistatin, an activin-binding protein, in vascular smooth muscle cells and arteriosclerotic lesions.

1993 • 24 citations