Receptor tyrosine phosphatases: The worm clears the picture

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  • Kai Zinn
چکیده

Recent work on the Caenorhabditis elegans clr-1 gene shows that the receptor tyrosine phosphatase that it encodes negatively regulates a receptor tyrosine kinase related to mammalian fibroblast growth factor receptors. This opens up a promising system for investigating receptor tyrosine phosphatase function.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1998