title: Restricted expression of the ron gene encoding the macrophage stimulating protein receptor during mouse development.
abstract: The human ron gene codes for a transmembrane protein tyrosine kinase which is a receptor for the macrophage stimulating protein. The ron receptor, together with the hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor receptor encoded by the proto-oncogene met, and the product of the c-sea proto-oncogene, make up a family of structurally related receptors. We have cloned murine ron cDNA sequences and used them as probes for in situ hybridization and Northern blot experiments. We show that ron gene expression occurs relatively late in development, and is much more restricted than that of the met gene. ron gene expression is detected in specific areas of the central and the peripheric nervous system, as well as in discrete cells in developing bones, and in the glandular epithelia along the digestive tract.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U.211, Institut de Biologie-CHR, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Quantin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schuhbaur
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gesnel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Doll'e
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Breathnach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001846:Bone Development / Q000235:genetics; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000166:cytology; D015342:DNA Probes; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000502:physiology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007422:Intestines / Q000166:cytology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051379:Mice; D017933:Peripheral Nervous System / Q000166:cytology; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D013270:Stomach / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C080835:RON protein; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases