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Constructing an organ: the Drosophila salivary gland as a model for tube formation.
Trends in cell biology - 1 May 2003
Abrams Elliott W, Vining Melissa S, Andrew Deborah J
Abstract excerpt
Tubes are required in metazoans to transport the liquids and gases that sustain life. The conservation of molecules and mechanisms involved in tube formation suggests that what we learn by studying simple systems will apply to related processes in higher animals. Studies over the past 10 years have revealed the molecules that specify cell fate in Drosophila salivary gland and the cellular events that mediate tube...
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