Steel factor and c-Kit receptor: From mutants to a growth factor system

✍ Scribed by Kathleen Morrison-Graham; Yoshiko Takahashi

• Book ID: 102760887
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 837 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0265-9247
• DOI: 10.1002/bies.950150202

✦ Synopsis

Mutations within the Steel and Dominant Spotting loci of mice have led to the recent identification of a growth factorheceptor system required for the normal development of germ cells, pigment cells and hematopoietic cells. Interactions between the praducts of these genes, Steel factor and c-Kit respectively, have now been demonstrated to influence various developmental processes, including survival, proliferation, and/or differentiation of cells in a tissue specific manner. In addition, our current understanding of the molecular basis of various Steel and Dominant Spotting alleles coupled with the emerging information on the expression pattern of steel factor and c-kit transcripts during development, is now beginning to explain the pleiatropic affects of these mutations.