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Characterization of Star and its interactions with sevenless and EGF receptor during photoreceptor cell development in Drosophila.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jul 1994
Kolodkin A L, Pickup A T, Lin D M, Goodman C S, Banerjee U
Abstract excerpt
Loss-of-function mutations in Star impart a dominant rough eye phenotype and, when homozygous, are embryonic lethal with ventrolateral cuticular defects. We have cloned the Star gene and show that it encodes a novel protein with a putative transmembrane domain. Star transcript is expressed in a dynamic pattern in the embryo including in cells of the ventral midline. In the larval eye disc, Star is expressed first...
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