Drosophila melanogaster p70 s6 kinase

摘要

The invention provides Drosophila melanogasterp70, as well as nucleic acids encoding this kinase. The sequence of Drosophila p70 and the gene encoding it are represented in SEQ ID NO. 2 and 1 respectively. The invention moreover provides mutated forms of Drosophila p70, including constitutively active and dominant negative forms thereof, which are useful in the study of p70 activity. Furthermore, the invention provides expression systems which produce Drosophila p70 in Drosophila and other organisms, and in particular systems in which expression of Drosophila p70 has been modulated so as to facilitate the study of its activity.