期刊
FLY
卷 6, 期 4, 页码 213-227出版社
LANDES BIOSCIENCE
DOI: 10.4161/fly.21969
关键词
Drosophila; actin; extracellular matrix; basal lamina; actomyosin contraction; global tissue rotation
资金
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Div Of Biological Infrastructure [0923010] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
As tissues and organs are formed, they acquire a specific shape that plays an integral role in their ability to function properly. A relatively simple system that has been used to examine how tissues and organs are shaped is the formation of an elongated Drosophila egg. While it has been known for some time that Drosophila egg elongation requires interactions between a polarized intracellular basal actin network and a polarized extracellular network of basal lamina proteins, how these interactions contribute to egg elongation remained unclear. Recent studies using live imaging have revealed two novel processes, global tissue rotation and oscillating basal actomyosin contractions, which have provided significant insight into how the two polarized protein networks cooperate to produce an elongated egg. This review summarizes the proteins involved in Drosophila egg elongation and how this recent work has contributed to our current understanding of how egg elongation is achieved.
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