C-ELEGANS LIN-45 RAF GENE PARTICIPATES IN LET-60 RAS-STIMULATED VULVAR DIFFERENTIATION

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作者
HAN, M [1 ]
GOLDEN, A [1 ]
HAN, YM [1 ]
STERNBERG, PW [1 ]
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[1] CALTECH,HOWARD HUGHES MED INST,DIV BIOL 15629,PASADENA,CA 91125
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10.1038/363133a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Vulval differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans is controlled by intercellular signalling mediated by a receptor tyrosine kinase and a ras gene product. The lin-45 gene encodes a homologue of the raf family of serine/threonine kinases and is necessary for vulval differentiation. The lin-45 raf gene product appears to act downstream of the ras protein in this pathway. A proto-oncogene-mediated signalling pathway may be a common feature of metazoan development.
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