Stages in development with rapid transitions between mitosis and morphogenesis may require specific mechanisms to coordinate cell shape change. Here we des...
Conclusions: I propose that anterior-gut formation is mechanically induced by the movement of germ-band extension through the induction of Twist expression...
Identifies a genetic link between morphogenesis and cell division during the formation of the ventral furrow in Drosophila. Importance of mechanisms for co...
Epithelial comprises the various processes by which epithelia contribute to organ formation and body shape. These complex and diverse events play a central...
After the onset of gastrulation, the Drosophila germband undergoes a morphological change in which its length along the anterior-posterior axis increases o...
Invagination of the epithelial cell sheet of the prospective mesoderm in Drosophila gastrulation is a well-studied, relatively simple morphogenetic event t...
Vertebrate nuclear lamins form a multigene family with developmentally controlled expression. In contrast, invertebrates have long been thought to contain ...
Background: Segmentation of the Drosophila embryo is based on a cascade of hierarchical gene interactions that is initiated by maternal morphogens; these i...
The egg contains a set of molecules that can be used to trigger cell-shape changes leading to morphogenetic movements. The temporally and spatially control...
Thisbe (Ths) and Pyramus (Pyr), two closely related Drosophila homologues of the vertebrate fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 8/17/18 subfamily, are ligands f...
