Interaction of bride of sevenless membrane-bound ligand and the sevenless tyrosine-kinase receptor.

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Interaction of bride of sevenless membrane-bound ligand and the sevenless tyrosine-kinase receptor.

Nature - 18 Jul 1991

Krämer H, Cagan R L, Zipursky S L

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During development of the Drosophila retina, the R8 photoreceptor neuron induces a neighbouring cell to assume an R7 cell fate. Genetic data suggest that the induction is mediated by two transmembrane proteins encoded by bride of sevenless and sevenless. A direct interaction between these two pro...

Topics

Animals
Cell Aggregation
DNA
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Eye Proteins
Ligands
Membrane Glycoproteins
Membrane Proteins
Mosaicism
Mutation
Neurons
Photoreceptor Cells
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases

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