Article
A novel mutant phenotype implicates dicephalic in cyst formation in the Drosophila ovary.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists - 1 Apr 2006
McCaffrey Ruth, St Johnston Daniel, González-Reyes Acaimo
Abstract excerpt
The establishment of polarity in Drosophila requires the correct specification of the oocyte in early stages of oogenesis, its positioning at the posterior of the egg chamber, and signalling events between the oocyte and the adjacent posterior follicle cells. As a consequence, the anterior-posterior and the dorsal-ventral axes are fixed. The posterior localisation of the oocyte depends on cadherin-mediated...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Polarity
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Female
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Genes, Insect
- Indoles
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Mutation
- Oocytes
- Oogenesis
- Ovarian Cysts
- Ovary
- Phalloidine
- Phenotype