Developmental signalling. Sorting out the signals.
New insights into the developmental roles played by the TGF-beta family of signalling molecules come from the identification in Drosophila of two transmembrane receptors encoded by the thick veins and saxophone genes.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nashville, Tennessee 37027, USA.
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D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D007301:Insect Hormones; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C064196:dpp protein, Drosophila; C086338:sax protein, Drosophila; C090169:tkv protein, Drosophila; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases