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The bicistronic gene würmchen encodes two essential components for epithelial development in Drosophila.
Developmental biology - 1 Jul 2020
Königsmann Tatiana, Parfentev Iwan, Urlaub Henning, Riedel Dietmar, Schuh Reinhard
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Epithelial tissues are fundamental for the establishment and maintenance of different body compartments in multicellular animals. To achieve this specific task epithelial sheets secrete an apical extracellular matrix for tissue strength and protection and they organize a transepithelial barrier function, which is mediated by tight junctions in vertebrates or septate junctions in invertebrates. Here, we show that...
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