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Compensatory branching morphogenesis of stalk cells in the Drosophila trachea.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jun 2015
Francis Deanne, Ghabrial Amin S
Abstract excerpt
Tubes are essential for nutrient transport and gas exchange in multicellular eukaryotes, but how connections between different tube types are maintained over time is unknown. In the Drosophila tracheal system, mutations in oak gall (okg) and conjoined (cnj) confer identical defects, including late onset blockage near the terminal cell-stalk cell junction and the ectopic extension of autocellular, seamed tubes...
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