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Cofilin/ADF is required for retinal elongation and morphogenesis of the Drosophila rhabdomere.

Developmental biology - 1 Jun 2008

Pham Hung, Yu Hui, Laski Frank A

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Drosophila photoreceptors undergo marked changes in their morphology during pupal development. These changes include a five-fold elongation of the retinal cell body and the morphogenesis of the rhabdomere, the light sensing structure of the cell. Here we show that twinstar (tsr), which encodes Drosophila cofilin/ADF (actin-depolymerizing factor), is required for both of these processes. In tsr mutants, the retina...

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PMID: 18423434
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.03.006
PMCID: PMC2713181

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