Stage debut for the elusive Drosophila insulin-like growth factor binding protein

J Biol. 2008 Jul 7;7(6):18. doi: 10.1186/jbiol79.

Abstract

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding proteins provide a layer of complexity to the insulin/IGF signaling system in mammals, but only now, in a recent study in Journal of Biology, has one such protein been functionally characterized in Drosophila.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Drosophila
  • Drosophila Proteins / chemistry*
  • Drosophila Proteins / genetics
  • Drosophila Proteins / metabolism*
  • Drosophila Proteins / physiology
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins / chemistry*
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins / metabolism*
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins / physiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Signal Transduction / genetics
  • Signal Transduction / physiology

Substances

  • Drosophila Proteins
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins