Article
Star is required for neuronal differentiation in the Drosophila retina and displays dosage-sensitive interactions with Ras1.
Developmental biology - 1 Nov 1993
Heberlein U, Hariharan I K, Rubin G M
Abstract excerpt
The photoreceptor cells R8, R2, and R5 are the first cells to initiate neuronal differentiation in the Drosophila eye imaginal disc. We have shown previously that these three cells require Star gene function for proper ommatidial assembly. Due to the embryonic lethality associated with mutations...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Death
- Cell Differentiation
- Drosophila
- Genes, ras
- Larva
- Mutation
- Neurons
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Retina
- Signal Transduction
- Wings, Animal
