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Combined Inhibition of Autophagy and Caspases Fails to Prevent Developmental Nurse Cell Death in the Drosophila melanogaster Ovary
30 Sept 2013
Abstract excerpt
During the final stages of Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis fifteen nurse cells, sister cells to the oocyte, degenerate as part of normal development. This process involves at least two cell death mechanisms, caspase-dependent cell death and autophagy, as indicated by apoptosis and autophagy markers. In addition, mutations affecting either caspases or autophagy partially reduce nurse cell removal, leaving behind...
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