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Sds22, a PP1 phosphatase regulatory subunit, regulates epithelial cell polarity and shape [Sds22 in epithelial morphology].
BMC developmental biology - 19 Feb 2009
Grusche Felix A, Hidalgo Cristina, Fletcher Georgina, Sung Hsin-Ho, Sahai Erik, Thompson Barry J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: How epithelial cells adopt their particular polarised forms is poorly understood. In a screen for genes regulating epithelial morphology in Drosophila, we identified sds22, a conserved gene previously characterised in yeast. RESULTS: In the columnar epithelia of imaginal discs or follicle cells, mutation of sds22 causes contraction of cells along their apical-basal axis, resulting in a more cuboidal...
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