Cytoneme-mediated delivery of Hedgehog regulates the expression of bone morphogenetic proteins to maintain germline stem cells in Drosophila

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Rojas Ríos, Patricia ^a   Guerrero, Isabel ^b   González Reyes, Acaimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; ENGRAILED PROTEIN; GLASS BOTTOM BOAT PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ENGRAIL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HEDGEHOG PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAP CELL; CELL COMPONENT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTONEME; DROSOPHILA; ESCORT CELL; FEMALE; FILOPODIUM; GERMLINE STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURFACE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; OVARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84859958093     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001298     Document Type: Article

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