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The Interactions Between Jak/Stat Signaling Ligands In Drosophila Melanogaster, Qian Chen
The Interactions Between Jak/Stat Signaling Ligands In Drosophila Melanogaster, Qian Chen
Theses and Dissertations--Biology
The development of multi-cellular organisms requires extensive cell-cell communication to coordinate cell functions. However, only a handful of signaling pathways have emerged to mediate all the intercellular communications; therefore, each of them is under an array of regulations to achieve signaling specificity and diversity. One such signaling pathway is the Janus Kinase/ Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway, which is the primary signaling cascade responding to a variety of cytokines and growth factors in mammals and involved in many developmental processes. This signaling pathway is highly conserved between mammals and Drosophila, …