title: Developmental signalling. Sorting out the signals.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nashville, Tennessee 37027, USA.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Hogan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000196:embryology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D007301:Insect Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: 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