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Tumor suppressor properties of the ESCRT-II complex component Vps25 in Drosophila.
Developmental cell - 1 Nov 2005
Thompson Barry J, Mathieu Juliette, Sung Hsin-Ho, Loeser Eva, Rørth Pernille, Cohen Stephen M
Abstract excerpt
We have found that the Drosophila gene vps25 possesses several properties of a tumor suppressor. First, vps25 mutant cells activate Notch and Dpp receptor signaling, inducing ectopic organizers in developing eyes and limbs and consequent overproliferation of both mutant and nearby wild-type cells. Second, as the mutant cells proliferate, they lose their epithelial organization and undergo apoptosis. Strikingly,...
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