ea0032p332 | Developmental Endocrinology | ECE2013
Kulahin Nikolaj
, Watson Christopher J
, Sajid Waseem
, Schluckebier Gerd
, Andersen Asser S
, Brzozowski Andrzej M
, De Meyts Pierre
The insulin signalling system including the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase (IRTK) is evolutionarily ancient and appears in the first multicellular organisms (Cnidarians). The Drosophila melanogaster genome contains seven genes for insulin-like peptides (ILPs) that are expressed in neurosecretory cells in a highly tissue- and stage-specific pattern, DILP1-7. There is however only one IRTK (dIR). This system is important in the regulation of metabolism, growth, reprod...