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Nature Genetics 39, 52 - 60 (2006)
Published online: 3 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/ng1922

PDGF signaling specificity is mediated through multiple immediate early genes

Jennifer Schmahl1, Christopher S Raymond1 & Philippe Soriano1


Growth factor signaling leads to the induction or repression of immediate early genes, but how these genes act collectively as effectors of downstream processes remains unresolved. We have used gene trap–coupled microarray analysis to identify and mutate multiple platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) intermediate early genes in mice. Mutations in these genes lead to a high frequency of phenotypes that affect the same cell types and processes as those controlled by the PDGF pathway. We conclude that these genes form a network that controls specific processes downstream of PDGF signaling.

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  1. Program in Developmental Biology and Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.

Correspondence to: Philippe Soriano1 e-mail: psoriano@fhcrc.org

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