A Drosophila homolog of human proto-oncogene ret transiently expressed in embryonic neuronal precursor cells including neuroblasts and CNS cells.

Abstract:

:We have identified a Drosophila gene encoding a putative receptor tyrosine kinase by screening a genomic DNA library with a DNA probe for a Drosophila homolog of fibroblast growth factor receptors. The newly isolated gene codes for a transmembrane protein most similar in sequence to a mammalian proto-oncogene ret; thus, the gene was termed Dret. Dret mRNA is transcribed in very small amounts in the embryonic, larval, and pupal stages. Whole mount in situ hybridization experiments revealed that the mRNA is transiently expressed in neuroblasts in early embryos. In late embryos, Dret mRNA was detected in subpopulations of differentiating CNS and PNS cells. In addition, Dret expression was affected in neurogenic mutants. These results suggest that Dret can be considered as a functional homolog of mammalian ret and should play important roles in neurogenesis.

journal_name

Mech Dev

authors

Sugaya R,Ishimaru S,Hosoya T,Saigo K,Emori Y

doi

10.1016/0925-4773(94)90027-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-02-01 00:00:00

pages

139-45

issue

2

eissn

0925-4773

issn

1872-6356

pii

0925-4773(94)90027-2

journal_volume

45

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