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Loss of thrombospondin reveals a possible role for the extracellular matrix in chordotonal cap cell elongation.
The International journal of developmental biology - 1 Jan 2017
Greenblatt Ben-El Rina T, Hassan Abeer, Salzberg Adi
Abstract excerpt
In the Drosophila larva, major proprioceptive input is provided to the brain by sub-epidermal stretch receptors called chordotonal organs (ChO). Similarly to the body wall muscle that needs to be attached on both of its sides to the larval exoskeleton in order to generate movement, the sensory unit of a ChO must be stably anchored to the cuticle on both of its sides in order to sense the relative displacement of...
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