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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6957
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-2
pubmed:abstractText
The secreted protein Jelly belly (Jeb) is required for an essential signalling event in Drosophila muscle development. In the absence of functional Jeb, visceral muscle precursors are normally specified but fail to migrate and differentiate. The structure and distribution of Jeb protein implies that Jeb functions as a signal to organize the development of visceral muscles. Here we show that the Jeb receptor is the Drosophila homologue of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (Alk), a receptor tyrosine kinase of the insulin receptor superfamily. Human ALK was originally identified as a proto-oncogene, but its normal function in mammals is not known. In Drosophila, localized Jeb activates Alk and the downstream Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade to specify a select group of visceral muscle precursors as muscle-patterning pioneers. Jeb/Alk signalling induces the myoblast fusion gene dumbfounded (duf; also known as kirre) as well as org-1, a Drosophila homologue of mammalian TBX1, in these cells.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Muscle Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/T-Box Domain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/anaplastic lymphoma kinase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/jelly belly protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/kin of irre protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/org-1 protein, Drosophila
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
425
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
507-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Cell Lineage, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-MAP Kinase Signaling System, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Mesoderm, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Muscle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14523446-T-Box Domain Proteins
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Jelly belly protein activates the receptor tyrosine kinase Alk to specify visceral muscle pioneers.
pubmed:affiliation
Brookdale Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1020, New York, New York 10029, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.