Gene Review:
hpo - hippo
Drosophila melanogaster
Synonyms:
CG11228, Dmel\CG11228, Drosophila homolog of MST1 and MST2, Hpo, MST, ...
- hippo encodes a Ste-20 family protein kinase that restricts cell proliferation and promotes apoptosis in conjunction with salvador and warts. Wu, S., Huang, J., Dong, J., Pan, D. Cell (2003)
- The Drosophila Ste20 family kinase dMST functions as a tumor suppressor by restricting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. Jia, J., Zhang, W., Wang, B., Trinko, R., Jiang, J. Genes Dev. (2003)
- Association of mammalian sterile twenty kinases, Mst1 and Mst2, with hSalvador via C-terminal coiled-coil domains, leads to its stabilization and phosphorylation. Callus, B.A., Verhagen, A.M., Vaux, D.L. FEBS J. (2006)
- Coupling cell growth, proliferation, and death. Hippo weighs in. Hay, B.A., Guo, M. Dev. Cell (2003)