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Developmental compartments and planar polarity in Drosophila.
Current biology : CB - 23 Jul 2002
Casal José, Struhl Gary, Lawrence Peter A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Planar polarity refers to the asymmetry of a cell within the plane of the epithelium; for example, cells may form hairs that point in a posterior direction, or cilia may beat in one way. This property implies that cells have information about their orientation; we wish to understand the nature of this information. Relevant also is the body plan of insects, which, in the ectoderm and somatic mesoderm,...
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