Regulation of somatic myosin activity by protein phosphatase 1? controls Drosophila oocyte polarization.
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SUBMITTER: Sun Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3082304 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
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Regulation of somatic myosin activity by protein phosphatase 1β controls Drosophila oocyte polarization.
Sun Yi Y Yan Yan Y Denef Natalie N Schüpbach Trudi T
Development (Cambridge, England) 20110413 10
The Drosophila body axes are established in the oocyte during oogenesis. Oocyte polarization is initiated by Gurken, which signals from the germline through the epidermal growth factor receptor (Egfr) to the posterior follicle cells (PFCs). In response the PFCs generate an unidentified polarizing signal that regulates oocyte polarity. We have identified a loss-of-function mutation of flapwing, which encodes the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 1β (PP1β) that disrupts oocyte polarization. ...[more]
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set01; bridge 1 (126), PMA 0min (127n), PMA 10min (127c), PMA 30min (128n), PMA 1h (128c), PMA 2h (129n), PMA 4h (129c), PMA 8h (130n), PMA 24h (130c), bridge 2 (131n)
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