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The Drosophila forkhead transcription factor FOXO mediates the reduction in cell number associated with reduced insulin signaling.
Journal of biology - 1 Jan 2003
Jünger Martin A, Rintelen Felix, Stocker Hugo, Wasserman Jonathan D, Végh Mátyás, Radimerski Thomas, Greenberg Michael E, Hafen Ernst
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Forkhead transcription factors belonging to the FOXO subfamily are negatively regulated by protein kinase B (PKB) in response to signaling by insulin and insulin-like growth factor in Caenorhabditis elegans and mammals. In Drosophila, the insulin-signaling pathway regulates the size of cells, organs, and the entire body in response to nutrient availability, by controlling both cell size and cell...
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