ALK

Abbreviation for:
activin-like kinase
anaplastic lymphoma kinase, see there
Genetics
A gene on 2p23 that encodes an orphan receptor with tyrosine kinase activity belonging to the insulin receptor superfamily, which plays an important role in brain development.
Molecular pathology
ALK is amplified, mutated and rearranged in various cancers, including anaplastic large cell lymphomas, neuroblastoma and non-small cell lung cancer. The most common genetic alterations seen in ALK malfunction are chromosomal rearrangements resulting in multiple fusion genes, including ALK/EML4, ALK/RANBP2 and ALK/ATIC (all on chromosome 2); ALK/TFG (on chromosome 3); ALK/NPM1 and ALK/SQSTM1 (both on chromosome 5); ALK/KIF5B (on chromosome 10); ALK/CLTC (on chromosome 17); ALK/TPM4 (on chromosome 19); and ALK/MSN (on X chromosome).

ALK

Acronym	Definition
ALK➣Srilankan Airlines (ICAO code)
ALK➣Alkohol (German: alcohol)
ALK➣Alkaline
ALK➣Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
ALK➣Alkylation
ALK➣Activin Receptor-Like Kinase
ALK➣Alaska Air Group, Inc. (stock symbol)
ALK➣Automated Limellar Keratoplasty (Surgical Procedure)
ALK➣Automatisierte Liegenschaftskarte
ALK➣Anti-Lift Kit (Subaru suspension system)
ALK➣Allergologisk Laboratorium København (Allergological Laboratory of Copenhagen)
ALK➣Association Languedocienne de Kyudo (French; Japanese archery association)