semang affects the development of a subset of cells in the Drosophila compound eye.
semang affects the development of a subset of cells in the Drosophila compound eye.
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semang 影响果蝇复眼中一部分细胞的发育。
DOI:
10.1016/s0925-4773(00)00340-3
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Lu,X
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作者:
Zhang,Q;Lu,X
semang (sag), a mutation isolated as a suppressor of Drosophila Src42A, has previously been shown to affect some receptor tyrosine kinase mediated embryonic processes. Here we show that sag specifically affects the development of R1, R6 and R7 photoreceptor cells in a cell-autonomous manner. These cells are absent in the mutant at the time when they normally appear in the ommatidial pre-clusters. Genetic analyses suggest that sag functions downstream of, or parallel to, Mapk and Yan in the photoreceptor differentiation pathway. The autonomous requirement of sag for R1/R6/R7 development could be explained by a selective impairment of the late, but not early, rounds of Egfr-induced precursor cell assembly by the sag mutations. Egfr signaling is highly regulated by autocrine or paracrine mechanisms in different cells. Knowing that the photoreceptor cluster formation is a complex process involving dynamic changes in cell–cell contact, our hypothesis is that the sag alleles affected certain special aspects of Egfr-signaling that are unique for the recruitment of R1/R6/R7 cells.