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Seamless tube shape is constrained by endocytosis-dependent regulation of active Moesin.
Current biology : CB - 4 Aug 2014
Schottenfeld-Roames Jodi, Rosa Jeffrey B, Ghabrial Amin S
Abstract excerpt
Most tubes have seams (intercellular or autocellular junctions that seal membranes together into a tube), but "seamless" tubes also exist. In Drosophila, stellate-shaped tracheal terminal cells make seamless tubes, with single branches running through each of dozens of cellular extensions. We find that mutations in braided impair terminal cell branching and cause formation of seamless tube cysts. We show that...
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