The Alk receptor tyrosine kinase regulates Sparkly, a novel activity regulating neuropeptide precursor in the Drosophila CNS.
Sanjay Kumar Sukumar, Vimala Antonydhason, Linnea Molander, Jawdat Sandakly, Malak Kleit, Ganesh Umapathy, Patricia Mendoza-García, Tafheem Masudi, Andreas Schlösser, Dick R. Nässel, Christian Wegener, Margret Shirinian, Ruth Helen Palmer
The paper identifies Sparkly, a novel neuropeptide precursor gene regulated by Alk signaling in Drosophila CNS, through integration of TaDa and scRNA-seq data.
eLife · Jun 21, 2024Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology