title: Hematopoietic receptors of class III receptor-type tyrosine kinases.
abstract: Receptor-type tyrosine kinases (RTKs) constitute a family of proteins involved in growth and developmental processes. Class III RTKs are characterized by an extracellular region composed of five immunoglobulin-like domains and by a split tyrosine kinase domain. Some of the class III RTKs perform major functions in hematopoiesis and are the focus of this review. They are the colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF1) and Steel factor (SLF) receptors, encoded by the FMS and KIT protooncogenes, respectively, and the product of the FLT3/FLK2 gene. The structural, biochemical, functional, and pathological features of these three receptors and genes are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moléculaire, U.119 INSERM, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rosnet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000502:physiology*; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D019089:Stem Cell Factor; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology; D051941:fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3
chemical_list: D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor; D019089:Stem Cell Factor; C497970:FLT3 protein, human; C497971:Flt3 protein, mouse; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051941:fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3