A receptor tyrosine kinase specific to hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell-enriched populations.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
To elucidate the molecular biology of the hematopoietic stem cell, we have begun to isolate genes from murine cell populations enriched in stem cell activity. One such cDNA encodes a novel receptor tyrosine kinase, designated fetal liver kinase-2 or flk-2, which is related to the W locus gene product c-kit. Expression analyses suggest an extremely restricted distribution of flk-2. It is expressed in populations enriched for stem cells and primitive uncommitted progenitors, and is absent in populations containing more mature cells. Therefore, this receptor may be a key signal transducing component in the totipotent hematopoietic stem cell and its immediate self-renewing progeny.
Medical subject headings
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Receptors, Cell Surface