Morphogenesis: FGF branches out.
Signalling via tissue-specific receptors for fibroblast growth factor is important in tracheal branching and mesodermal patterning in Drosophila; both processes may involve a common primary response - detachment and directed migration of the target cells - that is conserved from worms to mammals.
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Department of Anatomy, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, UK. helen.skaer@anat.ox.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000196:embryology*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000502:physiology*; D004627:Embryonic Induction; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D008322:Mammals; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D009024:Morphogenesis; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014132:Trachea
D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors