JAK/STAT signalling in Drosophila: Insights into conserved regulatory and cellular functions

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2605-2616

  Arbouzova, Natalia I ^a,b   Zeidler, Martin P ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; JANUS KINASE; LIGAND; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; RNA; STAT PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; JANUS KINASES; PROTEIN INHIBITORS OF ACTIVATED STAT; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STEM CELLS; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33746826011     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02411     Document Type: Review

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