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SUBMITTER: Gerlitz O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC186249 | biostudies-literature | 2002 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gerlitz Offer O Basler Konrad K
Genes & development 20020501 9
Secreted peptide signals control many fundamental processes during animal development. Proper responses to these signals require cognate inducible feedback antagonists. Here we report the identification of a novel Drosophila Wingless (Wg) target gene, wingful (wf), and show that it encodes a potent extracellular feedback inhibitor of Wg. In contrast to the cytoplasmic protein Naked cuticle (Nkd), the only known Wg feedback antagonist, Wf functions during larval stages, when Nkd function is dispe ...[more]