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The atypical cadherin Flamingo links Frizzled and Notch signaling in planar polarity establishment in the Drosophila eye.
Developmental cell - 1 May 2002
Das Gishnu, Reynolds-Kenneally Jessica, Mlodzik Marek
Abstract excerpt
Planar cell polarity is established in the Drosophila eye through distinct fate specification of photoreceptors R3 and R4 by a two-tiered mechanism employing Fz and Notch signaling: Fz signaling specifies R3 and induces Dl to activate Notch in R4. We show that the atypical cadherin Flamingo (Fmi) plays critical, but distinct, roles in both R3 and R4. Fmi is first enriched at equatorial cell borders of R3/R4,...
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