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Windbeutel is required for function and correct subcellular localization of the Drosophila patterning protein Pipe.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Dec 2000
Sen J, Goltz J S, Konsolaki M, Schüpbach T, Stein D
Abstract excerpt
Drosophila embryonic dorsal-ventral polarity originates in the ovarian follicle through the restriction of pipe gene expression to a ventral subpopulation of follicle cells. Pipe, a homolog of vertebrate glycosaminoglycan-modifying enzymes, directs the ventral activation of an extracellular serine proteolytic cascade which defines the ventral side of the embryo. When pipe is expressed uniformly in the follicle...
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