Article
Signaling through the G-protein-coupled receptor Rickets is important for polarity, detachment, and migration of the border cells in Drosophila.
Developmental biology - 15 Jun 2016
Anllo Lauren, Schüpbach Trudi
Abstract excerpt
Cell migration plays crucial roles during development. An excellent model to study coordinated cell movements is provided by the migration of border cell clusters within a developing Drosophila egg chamber. In a mutagenesis screen, we isolated two alleles of the gene rickets (rk) encoding a G-protein-coupled receptor. The rk alleles result in border cell migration defects in a significant fraction of egg...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins
- Cadherins
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Movement
- Cell Polarity
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Epithelial Cells
- Female
