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SUBMITTER: Meignin C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3432442 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meignin Carine C Alvarez-Garcia Ines I Davis Ilan I Palacios Isabel M IM
Current biology : CB 20071025 21
In Drosophila, the body axes are specified during oogenesis through interactions between the germline and the overlying somatic follicle cells [1-5]. A Gurken/TGF-alpha signal from the oocyte to the adjacent follicle cells assigns them a posterior identity [6, 7]. These posterior cells then signal back to the oocyte, thereby inducing the repolarization of the microtubule cytoskeleton, the migration of the oocyte nucleus, and the localization of the axis specifying mRNAs [8-10]. However, little i ...[more]