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Hippo signaling in Drosophila : Recent advances and insights
Author(s) -
Staley Binnaz Kucuk,
Irvine Kenneth D.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
developmental dynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.634
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1097-0177
pISSN - 1058-8388
DOI - 10.1002/dvdy.22723
Subject(s) - biology , hippo signaling pathway , drosophila (subgenus) , signal transduction , microbiology and biotechnology , key (lock) , genetics , gene , ecology
The Hippo signaling pathway emerged from studies of Drosophila tumor suppressor genes, and is now appreciated as a major growth control pathway in vertebrates as well as arthropods. As a recently discovered pathway, key components of the pathway are continually being identified, and new insights into how the pathway is regulated and deployed are arising at a rapid pace. Over the past year and a half, significant advances have been made in our understanding of upstream regulatory inputs into Hippo signaling, key negative regulators of Hippo pathway activity have been identified, and important roles for the pathway in regeneration have been described. This review describes these and other advances, focusing on recent progress in our understanding of Hippo signaling that has come from continued studies in Drosophila . Developmental Dynamics 241:3–15, 2012. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.