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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-19
pubmed:abstractText
Cell fate in the developing eye is determined by a cascade of inductive interactions. In this process, the sevenless protein--a receptor tyrosine kinase--is required for the specification of the R7 photoreceptor cell fate. We have constructed a gain-of-function sevenless mutation (SevS11) by overexpressing a truncated sevenless protein in the cells where sevenless is normally expressed. In SevS11 mutant flies, all sevenless-expressing cells initiate neural development. This results in the formation of multiple R7-like photoreceptors per ommatidium. Therefore, sevenless activity appears to be necessary and sufficient for the determination of R7 cell fate. These results illustrate the central role receptor tyrosine kinases can play in the specification of cell fate during development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:geneSymbol
Sev, boss
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1069-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Eye, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Eye Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Mutagenesis, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Photoreceptor Cells, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:2004416-Stem Cells
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Ligand-independent activation of the sevenless receptor tyrosine kinase changes the fate of cells in the developing Drosophila eye.
pubmed:affiliation
Zoologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't