Identification of downstream targets of Alk signaling in Drosophila melanogaster

The Drosophila gene Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (Alk) is homologous to mammalian ALK, a member of the Alk/Ltk family of receptor tyrosine kinases. In Drosophila Alk is crucial for development of the embryonic visceral mesoderm, where it is the receptor for Jelly Belly (Jeb) ligand. Jeb binding stimul...

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Main Author: Varshney, Gaurav
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Umeå centrum för molekylär patogenes (UCMP) (Medicinska fakulteten) 2008
Subjects:
Alk
Jeb
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1894
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7264-668-1