scholarly journals Expression and regulation of Cek-8, a cell to cell signalling receptor in developing chick limb buds

Development ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 122 (4) ◽  
pp. 1147-1155 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Patel ◽  
R. Nittenberg ◽  
D. D'Souza ◽  
C. Irving ◽  
D. Burt ◽  
...  

The Eph-related receptor tyrosine kinase gene, Cek-8, is expressed in mesenchyme at the tip of chick limb buds, with high levels of transcripts posteriorly and apically but fading out anteriorly. Expression of Cek-8 in distal mesenchyme is regulated by apical ridge- and FGF-polarising signals and retinoic acid, and is uniform across the anteroposterior axis in talpid3 mutants. These data indicate that Cek-8 expression responds to regulatory signals during limb patterning and suggest that this receptor tyrosine kinase may have a role in coordinating responses to signals in the progress zone of early buds. Later on in limb development, Cek-8 expression is associated with cell condensations that form tendons and their attachments to cartilage rudiments and then in developing feather buds.

2000 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 822-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg C. Schwabe ◽  
Sigrid Tinschert ◽  
Christian Buschow ◽  
Peter Meinecke ◽  
Gerhard Wolff ◽  
...  

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina Armstrong ◽  
Kumar Kastury ◽  
Olga Aprelikova ◽  
Florencia Bullrich ◽  
Christian Nezelof ◽  
...  

Genetics ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
R V Aroian ◽  
P W Sternberg

Abstract The let-23 gene, which encodes a putative tyrosine kinase of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor subfamily, has multiple functions during Caenorhabditis elegans development. We show that let-23 function is required for vulval precursor cells (VPCs) to respond to the signal that induces vulval differentiation: a complete loss of let-23 function results in no induction. However, some let-23 mutations that genetically reduce but do not eliminate let-23 function result in VPCs apparently hypersensitive to inductive signal: as many as five of six VPCs can adopt vulval fates, in contrast to the three that normally do. These results suggest that the let-23 receptor tyrosine kinase controls two opposing pathways, one that stimulates vulval differentiation and another that negatively regulates vulval differentiation. Furthermore, analysis of 16 new let-23 mutations indicates that the let-23 kinase functions in at least five tissues. Since various let-23 mutant phenotypes can be obtained independently, the let-23 gene is likely to have tissue-specific functions.


1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 47-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Moreau-Fauvarque ◽  
Emmanuel Taillebourg ◽  
Elisabeth Boissoneau ◽  
Jacqueline Mesnard ◽  
Jean-Maurice Dura

2000 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 291-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaemin Jeong ◽  
Sunga Choi ◽  
Changkyu Gu ◽  
Hansoo Lee ◽  
Soochul Park

1999 ◽  
Vol 96 (19) ◽  
pp. 10869-10874 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Doherty ◽  
C. Bond ◽  
A. Jardim ◽  
J. P. Adelman ◽  
G. M. Clinton

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