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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Biochem Sci. 2014 Aug 22;39(10):457–464. doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2014.07.008

Table 1.

Key components of Drosophila canonical signaling pathways

Pathway Receptor Ligand Transcription factor
Hormone receptors e.g., EcR e.g., Ecdysone EcR
Notch Notch Delta, Serrate Su(H)
JAK STAT Domeless Upd, Upd2, Upd3 STAT92E
RTK EGFR Spitz, Kerren, Gurken, Vein Pointed, Yan, Cic
FGFR (breathless) Branchless, Heartless, Thisbe, Pyramus Pointed,Yan
InR Dilp1-Dilp7 Pointed, Yan, Foxo
PVR Pvf1-3 Pointed,Yan
Torso Trunk, PTTH Pointed,Yan
ALK Jelly belly Pointed,Yan
Sev Boss Pointed,Yan
Hh Patched Hh Ci
TGFβ (BMP) Thickveins, Saxophone, Baboon, punt Dpp, Gbb Mad, Medea, Smox
Hippo Fat Dachsous Yorkie
NF-κB Toll Spatzle Dorsal
JNK Eiger Wengen Jun, Fos
Wnt Fz, Fz2, Fz3 Wg, Wnt1-10 Armadillo, Pan (TCF)