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New growth factors for imaginal discs

✍ Scribed by David R. Hipfner; Stephen M. Cohen

Book ID
101298370
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
30 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0265-9247

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✦ Synopsis

Several families of peptide growth factors are implicated in regulating cell growth and proliferation of vertebrate cells in culture. Genetic studies in Drosophila implicate some of these factors in growth control in vivo. A recent report identifies a new family of growth factors, related to chitinase enzymes, required by Drosophila imaginal disc cells in culture. (1) It will be of interest to determine how such factors relate to size regulation during development.

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