title: Stage debut for the elusive Drosophila insulin-like growth factor binding protein.
abstract: Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding proteins provide a layer of complexity to the insulin/IGF signaling system in mammals, but only now, in a recent study in Journal of Biology, has one such protein been functionally characterized in Drosophila.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Healthy Ageing, GEE, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
authors.forename: Nazif
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alic
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Partridge
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins