RPG: Toward a Genetic and Molecular Analysis of 18-Wheeler Function

【摘要】卵细胞一旦分裂，两个细胞就会相互沟通。如果它们分开，就会各自分裂成一个完整的有机体，但如果它们保持在一起，就各占有机体的一半。那么，胚胎细胞如何以及以何种方式相互传递信号，对正常发育至关重要。埃尔登博士正在利用果蝇（Drosophila melanogaster）的胚胎发育来研究一种可能介导细胞间交流的蛋白质。通过这项研究，我们希望了解细胞之间的信号是如何传递和接收的。

9408269 Eldon ABSTRACT Once an egg cell divides, the two cells communicate with each other. If separated they would each divide to make a complete organism, but if they remain together, each contributes to half the organism. How and what embryonic cells signal to each other, then, is critical for normal development. Dr. Eldon is using embryonic development in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, to study a protein that may mediate communication between cells. From this study we hope to learn how signals between cells are transmitted and received.