Rho1

Summary

Gene Symbol: Rho1
Description: CG8416 gene product from transcript CG8416-RB
Alias: 8416, AAF01186, CG8416, D-Rho1, DRho, DRho1, DRhoA, Dm Rho1, DmRHO-A, Dmel\CG8416, Drho1, DrhoA, E3.10/J3.8, RHO, RHO1, Rho, Rho A, Rho GTPase, Rho kinase, RhoA, RhoN19, dRho1, dRhoA, dnRho, l(2)52Fa, l(2)k02107b, n(2)k07236, rho, rho1, rhoA, CG8416-PA, CG8416-PB, CG8416-PC, CG8416-PD, CG8416-PE, CG8416-PF, CG8416-PG, Rho GTPase, Rho1-PA, Rho1-PB, Rho1-PC, Rho1-PD, Rho1-PE, Rho1-PF, Rho1-PG, RhoA, RhoA kinase, rho kinase, rho1, rho1 kinase
Species: fruit fly

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Genetic analysis demonstrates a direct link between rho signaling and nonmuscle myosin function during Drosophila morphogenesis
    S R Halsell
    Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
    Genetics 155:1253-65. 2000
  2. ncbi Regulation of rho family GTPases is required to prevent axons from crossing the midline
    Janice L Fritz
    Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
    Dev Biol 252:46-58. 2002
  3. ncbi Cellular functions of the Spir actin-nucleation factors
    Eugen Kerkhoff
    Institut für medizinsche Strahlenkunde und Zellforschung MSZ, Universitat Wurzburg, Versbacher Strasse 5, 97078 Wurzburg, Germany
    Trends Cell Biol 16:477-83. 2006
  4. ncbi The RhoGEF Pebble is required for cell shape changes during cell migration triggered by the Drosophila FGF receptor Heartless
    Sabine Schumacher
    Institut fur Genetik, Heinrich Heine Universitat, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Development 131:2631-40. 2004
  5. ncbi Participation of small GTPases in dorsal closure of the Drosophila embryo: distinct roles for Rho subfamily proteins in epithelial morphogenesis
    N Harden
    Glaxo IMCB and Drosophila Neurobiology Laboratories, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore 117609, Republic of Singapore
    J Cell Sci 112:273-84. 1999
  6. ncbi Plexin B mediates axon guidance in Drosophila by simultaneously inhibiting active Rac and enhancing RhoA signaling
    H Hu
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 519 LSA, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    Neuron 32:39-51. 2001
  7. ncbi Drosophila nonmuscle myosin II promotes the asymmetric segregation of cell fate determinants by cortical exclusion rather than active transport
    Claudia S Barros
    Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Institute and Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QR, United Kingdom
    Dev Cell 5:829-40. 2003
  8. ncbi Genetic modifier screens in Drosophila demonstrate a role for Rho1 signaling in ecdysone-triggered imaginal disc morphogenesis
    Robert E Ward
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 5331, USA
    Genetics 165:1397-415. 2003
  9. ncbi Genetic interactions between the RhoA and Stubble-stubbloid loci suggest a role for a type II transmembrane serine protease in intracellular signaling during Drosophila imaginal disc morphogenesis
    Cynthia A Bayer
    Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816 2368, USA
    Genetics 165:1417-32. 2003
  10. ncbi Rho-LIM kinase signaling regulates ecdysone-induced gene expression and morphogenesis during Drosophila metamorphosis
    Guang Chao Chen
    Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Curr Biol 14:309-13. 2004

Research Grants

  1. GENETIC CONTROL OF TISSUE POLARITY
    Paul N Adler; Fiscal Year: 2010
  2. Mechanisms of Roundabout Repulsive Axon Guidance
    GREG BASHAW; Fiscal Year: 2007
  3. REGULATION OF CELL MIGRATION IN DEVELOPMENT
    Denise Montell; Fiscal Year: 2007
  4. Animal Models For Studying Angelman Syndrome, A Developmental Brain Disorder
    Fen Biao Gao; Fiscal Year: 2007
  5. Genetic Analysis of Heavy Metals Neurotoxicity
    Fen Biao Gao; Fiscal Year: 2005
  6. MYOSIN VI FUNCTION AND MECHANISM
    Kathryn G Miller; Fiscal Year: 2010
  7. MYOSIN VI FUNCTION AND MECHANISM
    Kathryn Miller; Fiscal Year: 2009
  8. Mechanisms of Slit-Roundabout Mediated Axon Repulsion
    Greg J Bashaw; Fiscal Year: 2010
  9. Transciption Factor Codes, Guidance Receptors and Motor Axon Guidance
    Greg J Bashaw; Fiscal Year: 2010
  10. REGULATION OF CELL MIGRATION IN DEVELOPMENT
    Denise J Montell; Fiscal Year: 2010

Scientific Experts

Detail Information

Publications104 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Genetic analysis demonstrates a direct link between rho signaling and nonmuscle myosin function during Drosophila morphogenesis
    S R Halsell
    Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
    Genetics 155:1253-65. 2000
    ..we show that two EMS-induced mutations, previously shown to interact genetically with zipper(Ebr), disrupt the RhoA locus...
  2. ncbi Regulation of rho family GTPases is required to prevent axons from crossing the midline
    Janice L Fritz
    Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
    Dev Biol 252:46-58. 2002
    ..Heterozygous loss of Roundabout enhances the ctDrac phenotype and causes errors in embryos expressing dnRho or ctRho...
  3. ncbi Cellular functions of the Spir actin-nucleation factors
    Eugen Kerkhoff
    Institut für medizinsche Strahlenkunde und Zellforschung MSZ, Universitat Wurzburg, Versbacher Strasse 5, 97078 Wurzburg, Germany
    Trends Cell Biol 16:477-83. 2006
    ..Phosphorylation by mitogen-activated protein kinases and interaction with Rho GTPases have been proposed as regulatory mechanisms.
  4. ncbi The RhoGEF Pebble is required for cell shape changes during cell migration triggered by the Drosophila FGF receptor Heartless
    Sabine Schumacher
    Institut fur Genetik, Heinrich Heine Universitat, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Development 131:2631-40. 2004
    ..pbl encodes a guanyl nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for RHO1 and is known as an essential regulator of cytokinesis...
  5. ncbi Participation of small GTPases in dorsal closure of the Drosophila embryo: distinct roles for Rho subfamily proteins in epithelial morphogenesis
    N Harden
    Glaxo IMCB and Drosophila Neurobiology Laboratories, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore 117609, Republic of Singapore
    J Cell Sci 112:273-84. 1999
    ..We now show that two other Rho subfamily proteins, Dcdc42 and RhoA, as well as Ras1 are also required for dorsal closure...
  6. ncbi Plexin B mediates axon guidance in Drosophila by simultaneously inhibiting active Rac and enhancing RhoA signaling
    H Hu
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 519 LSA, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    Neuron 32:39-51. 2001
    ..A different region of PlexB binds to RhoA. Dosage-sensitive genetic interactions suggest that PlexB suppresses Rac activity and enhances RhoA activity...
  7. ncbi Drosophila nonmuscle myosin II promotes the asymmetric segregation of cell fate determinants by cortical exclusion rather than active transport
    Claudia S Barros
    Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Institute and Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QR, United Kingdom
    Dev Cell 5:829-40. 2003
    ..Myosin II is activated by Rho kinase and restricted to the apical cortex by the tumor suppressor Lethal (2) giant larvae...
  8. ncbi Genetic modifier screens in Drosophila demonstrate a role for Rho1 signaling in ecdysone-triggered imaginal disc morphogenesis
    Robert E Ward
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 5331, USA
    Genetics 165:1397-415. 2003
    ..b>Rho1, stubbloid, blistered (DSRF), and cytoplasmic Tropomyosin were identified from these screens as br1-interacting ..
  9. ncbi Genetic interactions between the RhoA and Stubble-stubbloid loci suggest a role for a type II transmembrane serine protease in intracellular signaling during Drosophila imaginal disc morphogenesis
    Cynthia A Bayer
    Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816 2368, USA
    Genetics 165:1417-32. 2003
    The Drosophila RhoA (Rho1) GTPase is essential for postembryonic morphogenesis of leg and wing imaginal discs...
  10. ncbi Rho-LIM kinase signaling regulates ecdysone-induced gene expression and morphogenesis during Drosophila metamorphosis
    Guang Chao Chen
    Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Curr Biol 14:309-13. 2004
    ..The Rho GTPase, which mediates cell shape change and migration, is also an essential regulator of tissue morphogenesis during ..
  11. ncbi The essential role of PP1beta in Drosophila is to regulate nonmuscle myosin
    Natalia Vereshchagina
    Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom
    Mol Biol Cell 15:4395-405. 2004
    ..The similarity between fly and human PP1beta and MYPT genes suggests this role may be conserved...
  12. ncbi Slik Sterile-20 kinase regulates Moesin activity to promote epithelial integrity during tissue growth
    David R Hipfner
    European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
    Genes Dev 18:2243-8. 2004
    ..behavior of slik mutant cells is due to failure to phosphorylate and activate Moesin, which leads to excess Rho1 activity. This is distinct from Slik's effects on cell proliferation, which are mediated by Raf...
  13. ncbi Distinct functions for Rho1 in maintaining adherens junctions and apical tension in remodeling epithelia
    Stephen J Warner
    Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    J Cell Biol 185:1111-25. 2009
    ..Using clonal analysis in the postmitotic Drosophila melanogaster pupal eye epithelium, we demonstrate that Rho1 is required to maintain AJ integrity independent of its role in sustaining apical cell tension...
  14. ncbi The degradation of two mitotic cyclins contributes to the timing of cytokinesis
    Arnaud Echard
    Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, Genentech Hall, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Curr Biol 13:373-83. 2003
    ..We examined the interface between mitotic cyclin destruction and the timing of cytokinesis...
  15. ncbi A RhoGEF and Rho family GTPase-activating protein complex links the contractile ring to cortical microtubules at the onset of cytokinesis
    W Gregory Somers
    Centre for the Molecular Genetics of Development, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
    Dev Cell 4:29-39. 2003
    ..We show that an interaction between the Rho GTP exchange factor, Pebble, and the Rho family GTPase-activating protein, RacGAP50C, connects the contractile ring ..
  16. ncbi Moesin functions antagonistically to the Rho pathway to maintain epithelial integrity
    Olga Speck
    DCMB Group, Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 91000, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
    Nature 421:83-7. 2003
    ..not by providing an essential structural function, but rather by antagonizing activity of the small GTPase Rho. Thus, Moesin functions in maintaining epithelial integrity by regulating cell-signalling events that affect actin ..
  17. ncbi Roles of myosin phosphatase during Drosophila development
    Change Tan
    Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Development 130:671-81. 2003
    ..Our results indicate that the regulation of the phosphorylation of myosin regulatory light chains, or dynamic activation and inactivation of myosin II, is essential for its various functions during many developmental processes...
  18. ncbi Dystroglycan is required for polarizing the epithelial cells and the oocyte in Drosophila
    Wu Min Deng
    Department of Biochemistry, Box 357350, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    Development 130:173-84. 2003
    ..These data suggest that the primary function of Dystroglycan in oogenesis is to organize cellular polarity; and this study sets the stage for analyzing the Dystroglycan complex by using the power of Drosophila molecular genetics...
  19. ncbi Stimulus-specific requirements for MAP3 kinases in activating the JNK pathway
    Wei Chen
    Departments of Pharmacology and Cell Biology and Neuroscience, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390 9041, USA
    J Biol Chem 277:49105-10. 2002
    ..On the other hand, sorbitol requires expression of four MAP3Ks to cause maximal JNK activation. Thus, we demonstrate that specific stimuli use different mechanisms to recruit distinct MAP3Ks to regulate the JNK pathway...
  20. ncbi Rho1 interacts with p120ctn and alpha-catenin, and regulates cadherin-based adherens junction components in Drosophila
    Craig R Magie
    Division of Basic Sciences and Program in Developmental Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    Development 129:3771-82. 2002
    ..Here we show interactions between Drosophila Rho1 and the adherens junction components alpha-catenin and p120(ctn)...
  21. ncbi Molecular dissection of cytokinesis by RNA interference in Drosophila cultured cells
    Maria Patrizia Somma
    Istituto Pasteur Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti and Centro di Genetica Evoluzionistica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche, Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy
    Mol Biol Cell 13:2448-60. 2002
    ..We show that double-stranded RNAs for anillin, acGAP, pavarotti, rho1, pebble, spaghetti squash, syntaxin1A, and twinstar all disrupt cytokinesis in S2 tissue culture cells, causing ..
  22. ncbi Drosophila RhoA regulates the cytoskeleton and cell-cell adhesion in the developing epidermis
    James W Bloor
    Developmental, Cell and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Biology, B330 LSRC Building, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 1000, USA
    Development 129:3173-83. 2002
    ..By expressing the dominant negative DRhoA(N19) construct in stripes of epidermal cells, we confirm that Rho function is required for dorsal closure and ..
  23. ncbi Parallel chemical genetic and genome-wide RNAi screens identify cytokinesis inhibitors and targets
    Ulrike S Eggert
    Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    PLoS Biol 2:e379. 2004
    ..Our study shows that parallel RNA interference and small molecule screening is a generally useful approach to identifying active small molecules and their target pathways...
  24. ncbi Rho GTPases regulate axon growth through convergent and divergent signaling pathways
    Julian Ng
    Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Neuron 44:779-93. 2004
    b>Rho GTPases are essential regulators of cytoskeletal reorganization, but how they do so during neuronal morphogenesis in vivo is poorly understood...
  25. ncbi Moesin and its activating kinase Slik are required for cortical stability and microtubule organization in mitotic cells
    Sebastien Carreno
    Centre de Biologie du Developpement, Université Toulouse III Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unite Mixte de Recherche 5547, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France
    J Cell Biol 180:739-46. 2008
    ..We propose that the spatiotemporal control of moesin activation at the mitotic cortex provides localized cues to coordinate cortical contractility and microtubule interactions during cell division...
  26. ncbi Diaphanous regulates myosin and adherens junctions to control cell contractility and protrusive behavior during morphogenesis
    Catarina C F Homem
    Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3280, USA
    Development 135:1005-18. 2008
    ..Diaphanous-related formins, the best-known subclass, are activated by Rho and play essential roles in cytokinesis...
  27. ncbi Cellular behavior in the developing Drosophila pupal retina
    David E Larson
    Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8103, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Mech Dev 125:223-32. 2008
    ..Based upon our live visualization of the P120-Catenin mutant as well as genetic data, we conclude that P120-Catenin is acting to stabilize E-cadherin and adherens junction integrity during eye development...
  28. ncbi Dynamic decapentaplegic signaling regulates patterning and adhesion in the Drosophila pupal retina
    Julia B Cordero
    Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Development 134:1861-71. 2007
    ..Importantly, we identify a similar functional connection between Dpp activity and DE-cadherin and Rho1 during cell fate determination in the wing, suggesting a broader link between Dpp function and junctional integrity ..
  29. ncbi Rho kinase's role in myosin recruitment to the equatorial cortex of mitotic Drosophila S2 cells is for myosin regulatory light chain phosphorylation
    Sara O Dean
    Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 1:e131. 2006
    ..S2 cells, we previously showed that myosin II is recruited to the furrow independently of F-actin, and that Rho1 and Rok are essential for this recruitment [1]...
  30. ncbi Genetic analysis of slipper/mixed lineage kinase reveals requirements in multiple Jun-N-terminal kinase-dependent morphogenetic events during Drosophila development
    Stephanie Polaski
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
    Genetics 174:719-33. 2006
    ..Finally, we demonstrate that SLPR overexpression can induce ectopic JNK signaling and that the SLPR protein is enriched at the epithelial cell cortex...
  31. ncbi Rho-kinase regulates tissue morphogenesis via non-muscle myosin and LIM-kinase during Drosophila development
    Valerie Verdier
    Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    BMC Dev Biol 6:38. 2006
    The Rho-kinases (ROCKs) are major effector targets of the activated Rho GTPase that have been implicated in many of the Rho-mediated effects on cell shape and movement via their ability to affect acto-myosin contractility...
  32. ncbi The Drosophila formin DAAM regulates the tracheal cuticle pattern through organizing the actin cytoskeleton
    Tamás Matusek
    Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H 6726 Szeged, Temesvari krt 62, Hungary
    Development 133:957-66. 2006
    ..Our results indicate that although DAAM is regulated by RhoA, it functions upstream or parallel to the non-receptor tyrosine kinases Src42A and Tec29 to organize the actin ..
  33. ncbi D-MEKK1, the Drosophila orthologue of mammalian MEKK4/MTK1, and Hemipterous/D-MKK7 mediate the activation of D-JNK by cadmium and arsenite in Schneider cells
    Olga P Ryabinina
    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
    BMC Cell Biol 7:7. 2006
    ..The study of mammalian signaling pathways to JNK is complicated by the significant degree of redundancy among upstream JNK regulators, especially at the level of JNK kinase kinases (JNKKK)...
  34. ncbi Csk-deficient boundary cells are eliminated from normal Drosophila epithelia by exclusion, migration, and apoptosis
    Marcos Vidal
    Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Dev Cell 10:33-44. 2006
    ..These latter phenotypes required sharp differences in dCsk activity between neighbors; dE-cadherin, P120-catenin, Rho1, JNK, and MMP2 mediated this signal...
  35. ncbi Rho1 regulates Drosophila adherens junctions independently of p120ctn
    Donald T Fox
    Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Development 132:4819-31. 2005
    ..Further, Rho1 localization is not obviously altered by loss of p120 or by reduction of core AJ proteins...
  36. ncbi Distinct pathways control recruitment and maintenance of myosin II at the cleavage furrow during cytokinesis
    Sara O Dean
    Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:13473-8. 2005
    ..Three genes in the rho1 signaling pathway, pebble (a Rho guanidine nucleotide exchange factor), rho1, and rho kinase, are required for the initial recruitment of myosin II to the equatorial cortex...
  37. ncbi Mutations in the Drosophila orthologs of the F-actin capping protein alpha- and beta-subunits cause actin accumulation and subsequent retinal degeneration
    Ivana Delalle
    Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Genetics 171:1757-65. 2005
    ..In its absence, cells progressively accumulate actin filaments and eventually die. A possible role for their human orthologs in neurodegenerative disease merits further investigation...
  38. ncbi Asymmetric Rab 11 endosomes regulate delta recycling and specify cell fate in the Drosophila nervous system
    Gregory Emery
    Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr Bohr Gasse 3 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
    Cell 122:763-73. 2005
    ..Our results suggest that cells can regulate signaling pathways and influence their developmental fate by inhibiting the formation of individual endocytic compartments...
  39. ncbi Suppression of Drosophila cellular immunity by directed expression of the ExoS toxin GAP domain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    Amelie Avet-Rochex
    CEA Grenoble, Departement de Reponse et Dynamique Cellulaires, UMR5092 CEA CNRS UJF, 17, Rue des Martyrs 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
    Cell Microbiol 7:799-810. 2005
    ..It contains a N-terminal GTPase activating (GAP) domain that prevents cytoskeleton reorganization by Rho family of GTPases in cell culture...
  40. ncbi Cleavage furrow formation and ingression during animal cytokinesis: a microtubule legacy
    Pier Paolo D'Avino
    Cancer Research UK Cell Cycle Genetics Research Group, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK
    J Cell Sci 118:1549-58. 2005
    ..The same mechanism might be conserved in other organisms...
  41. ncbi Independent roles of Drosophila Moesin in imaginal disc morphogenesis and hedgehog signalling
    Cristina Molnar
    Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain
    Mech Dev 123:337-51. 2006
    ..Some aspects of Drosophila Moe are related to the activity of the small GTPase RhoA, because the reduction of RhoA activity corrects many phenotypes of moe mutant embryos and imaginal discs...
  42. ncbi Drosophila myosin phosphatase and its role in dorsal closure
    Tomoaki Mizuno
    Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa ku, Nagoya 464 8602, Japan
    Development 129:1215-23. 2002
    ..Similar defects were seen in embryos overexpressing Rho-kinase, suggesting that myosin phosphatase and Rho-kinase function antagonistically...
  43. ncbi The genetics of cell migration in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans development
    D J Montell
    Department of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205 2185, USA
    Development 126:3035-46. 1999
    ..link between membrane receptor signaling and regulation of the actin cytoskeleton is that provided by the Rho family of small GTPases...
  44. ncbi Dishevelled activates JNK and discriminates between JNK pathways in planar polarity and wingless signaling
    M Boutros
    European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Developmental Biology Programme, Heidelberg, Germany
    Cell 94:109-18. 1998
    ..Our results indicate that different Wnt/Fz signals activate distinct intracellular pathways, and Dishevelled discriminates among them by distinct domain interactions...
  45. ncbi Drosophila Rho-associated kinase (Drok) links Frizzled-mediated planar cell polarity signaling to the actin cytoskeleton
    C G Winter
    Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Cell 105:81-91. 2001
    ..Here, we show that Drosophila Rho-associated kinase (Drok) works downstream of Fz/Dsh to mediate a branch of the planar polarity pathway involved in ..
  46. ncbi Frizzled signaling and the developmental control of cell polarity
    J M Shulman
    Wellcome CRC Institute, UK
    Trends Genet 14:452-8. 1998
    ..Recently described examples from the nematode and frog suggest that the developmental control of cell polarity by FZ receptors might represent a functionally conserved signaling mechanism...
  47. ncbi The Drosophila Pkn protein kinase is a Rho/Rac effector target required for dorsal closure during embryogenesis
    Y Lu
    Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
    Genes Dev 13:1168-80. 1999
    The PKN family of PKC-related protein kinases constitutes the major Rho GTPase-associated protein kinase activities detected in mammalian tissues. However, the biological functions of these kinases are unknown...
  48. ncbi Gastrulation in Drosophila: the logic and the cellular mechanisms
    M Leptin
    Institut fur Genetik, Universitat zu Koln, Weyertal 121, D 50931 Köln, Germany
    EMBO J 18:3187-92. 1999
    ....
  49. ncbi JNK signaling and morphogenesis in Drosophila
    S Noselli
    , UMR 5547-CNRS, Toulouse, France
    Trends Genet 14:33-8. 1998
  50. ncbi Identification and characterization of Drosophila homolog of Rho-kinase
    T Mizuno
    Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan
    Gene 238:437-44. 1999
    ..A two-hybrid analysis demonstrated that DRho-kinase interacts with the GTP-bound form of the Drosophila Rho. Drho1, at the conserved Rho-binding site...
  51. ncbi DRhoGEF2 encodes a member of the Dbl family of oncogenes and controls cell shape changes during gastrulation in Drosophila
    U Hacker
    Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA
    Genes Dev 12:274-84. 1998
    ..Expression of dominant-negative DRhoA during gastrulation results in phenocopies of the DRhoGEF2 mutant, suggesting that a signaling cascade involving ..
  52. ncbi Argosomes: a potential vehicle for the spread of morphogens through epithelia
    V Greco
    Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307, Dresden, Germany
    Cell 106:633-45. 2001
    ..Wingless protein colocalizes with argosomes derived from Wingless-producing cells. The properties of argosomes are consistent with their being a vehicle for the spread of Wingless protein...
  53. ncbi Planar polarization of Drosophila and vertebrate epithelia
    S Eaton
    Cell Biology Programme, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
    Curr Opin Cell Biol 9:860-6. 1997
    ..Three different Rho family proteins have been shown to mediate polarization in the wing and the eye of Drosophila...
  54. ncbi The role of RhoA in tissue polarity and Frizzled signalling
    D I Strutt
    Developmental Biology Programme, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
    Nature 387:292-5. 1997
    ..We have identified mutations in the Drosophila homologue of RhoA p21 GTPase, and by analysis of their phenotype show that RhoA is required for the generation of tissue polarity...
  55. ncbi Essential roles of Drosophila RhoA in the regulation of neuroblast proliferation and dendritic but not axonal morphogenesis
    T Lee
    Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, California 94305, USA
    Neuron 25:307-16. 2000
    ..report here the use of the MARCM (mosaic analysis with a repressible cell marker) system to analyze the function of RhoA in the developing Drosophila brain...
  56. ncbi Trio combines with dock to regulate Pak activity during photoreceptor axon pathfinding in Drosophila
    T P Newsome
    Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria
    Cell 101:283-94. 2000
    ..We propose that distinct signals transduced via Trio and Dock act combinatorially to activate Pak in spatially restricted domains within the growth cone, thereby controlling the direction of axon extension...
  57. ncbi A putative exchange factor for Rho1 GTPase is required for initiation of cytokinesis in Drosophila
    S N Prokopenko
    Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030 USA
    Genes Dev 13:2301-14. 1999
    ..pbl interacts genetically with Rho1, but not with Rac1 or Cdc42, and Pbl and Rho1 proteins interact in vivo in yeast...
  58. ncbi Characterization of rho GTPase family homologues in Drosophila melanogaster: overexpressing Rho1 in retinal cells causes a late developmental defect
    I K Hariharan
    MGH Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129
    EMBO J 14:292-302. 1995
    ..We have cloned three widely expressed members of this family from Drosophila melanogaster; a rho homologue (Rho1) and two rac homologues (Rac1 and Rac2)...
  59. ncbi IrreC/rst-mediated cell sorting during Drosophila pupal eye development depends on proper localisation of DE-cadherin
    Nicola A Grzeschik
    Institut fur Genetik, Heinrich Heine Universitat Dusseldorf, Universitatsstrasse 1, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Development 132:2035-45. 2005
    ..overexpression of DE-cadherin, the intracellular domain of Crumbs, or by a dominant version of the monomeric GTPase Rho1 prevents localisation of the transmembrane protein IrreC-rst to the border between primary pigment cells and IOCs...
  60. ncbi Second-site noncomplementation identifies genomic regions required for Drosophila nonmuscle myosin function during morphogenesis
    S R Halsell
    Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
    Genetics 148:1845-63. 1998
    ..10/J3.8, for leg morphogenesis and viability...
  61. ncbi Mutations in sticky lead to defective organization of the contractile ring during cytokinesis and are enhanced by Rho and suppressed by Rac
    Pier Paolo D'Avino
    Cancer Research UK Cell Cycle Genetics Research Group, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, CB2 3EH
    J Cell Biol 166:61-71. 2004
    ..sti shows opposite genetic interactions with Rho and Rac genes suggesting that these GTPases antagonistically regulate STICKY functions...
  62. ncbi The Rho GTPase and a putative RhoGEF mediate a signaling pathway for the cell shape changes in Drosophila gastrulation
    K Barrett
    Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown 02129, USA
    Cell 91:905-15. 1997
    ..due to a defect in cell shape changes required for tissue invagination, and expression of a dominant-negative Rho GTPase in early embryos results in similar defects...
  63. ncbi DRhoGEF2 regulates actin organization and contractility in the Drosophila blastoderm embryo
    Mojgan Padash Barmchi
    Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, BMC B13, 22184 Lund, Sweden
    J Cell Biol 168:575-85. 2005
    ..Often, Rho1 controls different aspects of cytoskeletal function in parallel, requiring a complex level of regulation...
  64. ncbi Untying the Gordian knot of cytokinesis. Role of small G proteins and their regulators
    S N Prokopenko
    Program in Developmental Biology, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    J Cell Biol 148:843-8. 2000
  65. ncbi The Drosophila Ral GTPase regulates developmental cell shape changes through the Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase pathway
    K Sawamoto
    Division of Neuroanatomy, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedical Research Center, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
    J Cell Biol 146:361-72. 1999
    ..These results indicate that DRal regulates developmental cell shape changes through the JNK pathway...
  66. ncbi Migration of the Drosophila primordial midgut cells requires coordination of diverse PS integrin functions
    M D Martin-Bermudo
    Wellcome CRC Institute and Department of Anatomy, Cambridge University, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK cam ac uk
    Development 126:5161-9. 1999
    ..N17) versions of Rac and Cdc42 cause a very similar defect in migration as loss of integrins, while those of Rho and Ras have no effect...
  67. ncbi crossveinless-c is a RhoGAP required for actin reorganisation during morphogenesis
    Barry Denholm
    Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
    Development 132:2389-400. 2005
    ..Genetic interactions between cv-c and RhoGTPase mutants indicate that Rho1, Rac1 and Rac2 are substrates for Cv-c, and suggest that the substrate specificity might be regulated in a tissue-..
  68. ncbi Wash functions downstream of Rho and links linear and branched actin nucleation factors
    Raymond Liu
    Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    Development 136:2849-60. 2009
    ..We show that Drosophila Wash interacts genetically with Arp2/3, and also functions downstream of Rho1 with Spire and the formin Cappuccino to control actin and microtubule dynamics during Drosophila oogenesis...
  69. ncbi CRACM1 is a plasma membrane protein essential for store-operated Ca2+ entry
    M Vig
    Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Science 312:1220-3. 2006
    ..Although overexpression of CRACM1 did not affect CRAC currents, RNAi-mediated knockdown disrupted its activation. CRACM1 could be the CRAC channel itself, a subunit of it, or a component of the CRAC signaling machinery...
  70. ncbi The PDZ-GEF dizzy regulates cell shape of migrating macrophages via Rap1 and integrins in the Drosophila embryo
    Sven Huelsmann
    Interfakultäres Institut für Zellbiologie, Abteilung Genetik der Tiere, Fakultat fur Biologie, Universitat Tubingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, D 72076 Tubingen, Germany
    Development 133:2915-24. 2006
    ..These data provide the first link between a PDZ-GEF, the corresponding small GTPase and integrin-dependent cell adhesion during cell migration in embryonic development...
  71. ncbi Cell biology: polarity bites
    Richard Fehon
    Nature 442:519-20. 2006
  72. ncbi Wingless signaling: the inconvenient complexities of life
    R T Cox
    Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-3280, USA
    Curr Biol 8:R140-4. 1998
  73. ncbi Regulation of cell differentiation by the Drosophila Jun kinase cascade
    E Martin-Blanco
    Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK
    Curr Opin Genet Dev 7:666-71. 1997
    ....
  74. ncbi Roles of type I myosins in Drosophila handedness
    Kiichiro Taniguchi
    Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan
    Fly (Austin) 1:287-90. 2007
    ..We propose that the actin-based functions of type I Myosins play critical roles in generating LR asymmetry in invertebrates...
  75. ncbi Live imaging of wound inflammation in Drosophila embryos reveals key roles for small GTPases during in vivo cell migration
    Brian Stramer
    Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
    J Cell Biol 168:567-73. 2005
    ..For the first time, we are able to examine the roles of Rho-family small GTPases during inflammation in vivo and show that Rac-mediated lamellae are essential for hemocyte ..
  76. ncbi The tricornered Ser/Thr protein kinase is regulated by phosphorylation and interacts with furry during Drosophila wing hair development
    Ying He
    Department of Biology, Center for Morphogenesis and Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
    Mol Biol Cell 16:689-700. 2005
    ..Our data suggest a feedback mechanism involving Trc activity regulates the accumulation of Fry in developing hairs...
  77. ncbi Cell biology. Which way is up?
    M Peifer
    Nature 403:611-2. 2000
  78. ncbi Snail/slug family of repressors: slowly going into the fast lane of development and cancer
    K Hemavathy
    Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
    Gene 257:1-12. 2000
    ..Moreover, the studies may enable us to trace the evolution of this gene family...
  79. ncbi The Rac GTPase-activating protein RotundRacGAP interferes with Drac1 and Dcdc42 signalling in Drosophila melanogaster
    K Raymond
    Departement de Biologie Moleculaire et Structurale, CEA CNRS UJF, UMR 5092, 17 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble 38054, France
    J Biol Chem 276:35909-16. 2001
    ..Here we demonstrate that Drosophila RotundRacGAP is active in vitro on Drac1 and Dcdc42 but not Drho1. Similarly, in yeast, RotundRacGAP interacts specifically with Drac1 and Dcdc42, as well as with their activated ..
  80. ncbi Planar polarity: getting ready to ROCK
    D Strutt
    Centre for Developmental Genetics, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK
    Curr Biol 11:R506-9. 2001
    ..Recent studies show that this requires the recruitment of the Dishevelled protein to the distal cell edge, and the correct levels of Rho-associated kinase activity.
  81. ncbi The Trio family of guanine-nucleotide-exchange factors: regulators of axon guidance
    J Bateman
    Department of Cell Biology and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Cell Sci 114:1973-80. 2001
    ..Although it has been clear for some time that Rho family GTPases play a central role in the orchestration of cytoskeletal assembly, our understanding of the ..
  82. ncbi Frizzled signaling and cell-cell interactions in planar polarity
    P N Adler
    Biology Department and Cancer Center, Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
    Curr Opin Cell Biol 13:635-40. 2001
    ..This cortical mark leads to the local activation of downstream gene products and the subsequent activation of the cytoskeleton to form a hair...
  83. ncbi Increasingly complex: new players enter the Wnt signaling network
    Petra Pandur
    Abt Biochemie, Universitat Ulm, Germany
    Bioessays 24:881-4. 2002
    ....
  84. ncbi Dynamic analysis of actin cable function during Drosophila dorsal closure
    Antonio Jacinto
    Department of Anatomy andDevelopmental Biology, University College London, United Kingdom
    Curr Biol 12:1245-50. 2002
    ..of this cable by live analysis of GFP-actin-expressing embryos in which the cable is disrupted by modulating Rho1 signaling or by loss of non-muscle myosin (Zipper) function...
  85. ncbi Modulation of the Ras/MAPK signalling pathway by the redox function of selenoproteins in Drosophila melanogaster
    M Morey
    Departament de Genetica, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
    Dev Biol 238:145-56. 2001
    ..Here, we present the first evidence for the role of intracellular redox environment in signalling pathways in Drosophila as a whole organism...
  86. ncbi zipper Nonmuscle myosin-II functions downstream of PS2 integrin in Drosophila myogenesis and is necessary for myofibril formation
    J W Bloor
    Developmental, Cell and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Biology, Duke University, B330 LSRC Building, Research Drive, Durham, North Carolina 27708 1000, USA
    Dev Biol 239:215-28. 2001
    ..In direct opposition to this model, we find that neither nonmuscle myosin-II nor RhoA appear to function in PS2 clustering...
  87. ncbi Axon guidance: the cytoplasmic tail
    Bharatkumar N Patel
    Program in Neuroscience, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Curr Opin Cell Biol 14:221-9. 2002
    ..Many of these axon guidance receptors, including Plexin B, EphA, ephrin B and Robo, regulate the Rho family of GTPases, to effect changes in motility...
  88. ncbi The plakin Short Stop and the RhoA GTPase are required for E-cadherin-dependent apical surface remodeling during tracheal tube fusion
    Seungbok Lee
    Department of Cell Biology and Center for Molecular Neuroscience, C 2210 Medical Center North, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 0295, USA
    Development 129:1509-20. 2002
    ..Expression of constitutively active RhoA in all tracheal cells mimics the shot phenotype and affects Shot localization in fusion cells...
  89. ncbi A role for moesin in polarity
    Kathryn G Miller
    Department of Biology, Campus Box 1229, Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive, St Louis MO 63130, USA
    Trends Cell Biol 13:165-8. 2003
    ..Localization of informational molecules at the oocyte posterior is strongly affected, thus indicating a role for moesin in anchoring these determinants...
  90. ncbi Embryo morphogenesis: getting down to cells and molecules
    Lila Solnica-Krezel
    Vanderbilt University, VU Station B 351634, Nashville, TN 37235-1634, USA
    Development 130:4229-33. 2003
  91. ncbi The guanine nucleotide exchange factor trio mediates axonal development in the Drosophila embryo
    J Bateman
    Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Neuron 26:93-106. 2000
    Recent analysis of Rho subfamily GTPases in Drosophila revealed roles for Rac and Cdc42 during axonogenesis...
  92. ncbi Spiny legs and prickled bodies: new insights and complexities in planar polarity establishment
    M Mlodzik
    EMBL, Developmental Biology Program, Heidelberg, Germany
    Bioessays 22:311-5. 2000
    ..Pk might serve a scaffolding function involved in assembling a protein complex required for planar polarity establishment...
  93. ncbi Rasputin, the Drosophila homologue of the RasGAP SH3 binding protein, functions in ras- and Rho-mediated signaling
    C Pazman
    LMG, NICHD, NIH, MSC 2785, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Development 127:1715-25. 2000
    ..The ommatidial polarity phenotypes of rin are similar to those of RhoA and the polarity genes, e.g. fz and dsh...
  94. ncbi Dendritic development: lessons from Drosophila and related branches
    Wesley B Grueber
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, 533 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0725, San Francisco CA 94143, USA
    Curr Opin Neurobiol 14:74-82. 2004
    ..Here, we review some recent advances in our understanding of dendritic development in insects, focusing primarily on insights that have been gained from studies of Drosophila...
  95. ncbi The Drosophila tumor suppressor expanded regulates growth, apoptosis, and patterning during development
    C M Blaumueller
    Developmental Biology Programme, EMBL, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
    Mech Dev 92:251-62. 2000
    ..Taken together, our data suggest that Ex is a versatile molecule that plays a role in most of the processes that govern disc development...
  96. ncbi Argosomes: membrane fragments on the run
    Jean Paul Vincent
    Trends Cell Biol 12:57-60. 2002
    ..Recent work demonstrates the transfer of membrane fragments in a live epithelium and, importantly, suggests that these fragments might be used as a vehicle to transport morphogens in a developing tissue...
  97. ncbi Moesin contributes an essential structural role in Drosophila photoreceptor morphogenesis
    Sue A Karagiosis
    Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
    Development 131:725-32. 2004
    ..Our results show an essential structural role for Moesin in photoreceptor morphology...
  98. ncbi Myosins motor Miranda
    Daniel P Kiehart
    Developmental, Cell and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Mol Cell 12:1346-7. 2003
    ..New evidence shows that myosin motors drive the spatial segregation of cell fate determinants during asymmetric cell division. How they do so remains a mystery...
  99. ncbi Reciprocal interactions between neurons and glia are required for Drosophila peripheral nervous system development
    Katharine J Sepp
    Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z4
    J Neurosci 23:8221-30. 2003
    ..Glial migration and ensheathment of PNS axons was blocked by overexpression of activated Rho GTPase, a regulator of actin dynamics...
  100. ncbi Prickle and Strabismus form a functional complex to generate a correct axis during planar cell polarity signaling
    Andreas Jenny
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Brookdale Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    EMBO J 22:4409-20. 2003
    ..Thus our data suggest that the Stbm/Pk complex modulates Fz/Dsh activity, resulting in a symmetry-breaking step during polarity signaling...
  101. ncbi EGF signaling and ommatidial rotation in the Drosophila eye
    Helen Strutt
    Centre for Developmental Genetics, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
    Curr Biol 13:1451-7. 2003
    ..Secondly, reducing EGF signaling can specifically affect ommatidial rotation without showing transformation of the mystery cells or defects in polarity protein localization...

Research Grants62

  1. GENETIC CONTROL OF TISSUE POLARITY
    Paul N Adler; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..We propose to continue to study a group of planar polarity effector genes to understand how they function at the cellular level and the molecular genetic basis for their control of cell shape and morphology. ..
  2. Mechanisms of Roundabout Repulsive Axon Guidance
    GREG BASHAW; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Deciphering the mechanisms that mediate Robo repulsive axon guidance will give important insight into how the nervous system is correctly wired during development and may have implications for nerve regeneration. ..
  3. REGULATION OF CELL MIGRATION IN DEVELOPMENT
    Denise Montell; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..We will also investigate the biochemical mechansims that tether UPD to the cell membrane. ..
  4. Animal Models For Studying Angelman Syndrome, A Developmental Brain Disorder
    Fen Biao Gao; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..RESEARCH GRANT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Numbers Face Page J Description, ..
  5. Genetic Analysis of Heavy Metals Neurotoxicity
    Fen Biao Gao; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ....
  6. MYOSIN VI FUNCTION AND MECHANISM
    Kathryn G Miller; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Further understanding of how myosin VI works in vivo is likely to enhance our understanding of disease mechanisms and provide for new routes of treatment. ..
  7. MYOSIN VI FUNCTION AND MECHANISM
    Kathryn Miller; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....
  8. Mechanisms of Slit-Roundabout Mediated Axon Repulsion
    Greg J Bashaw; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  9. Transciption Factor Codes, Guidance Receptors and Motor Axon Guidance
    Greg J Bashaw; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  10. REGULATION OF CELL MIGRATION IN DEVELOPMENT
    Denise J Montell; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Since cell motility contributes to wound healing and tumor metastasis, these studies could lead to the discovery of new drug targets that could promote healing or inhibit the spread of cancer cells. ..
  11. Cytoskeleton Dynamics in Developmental Cell Migration
    Denise J Montell; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Since cell motility contributes to wound healing and tumor metastasis, these studies could lead to the discovery of new drug targets that could promote healing or inhibit the spread of cancer cells. ..
  12. Transciption Factor Codes, Guidance Receptors and Motor Axon Guidance
    GREG BASHAW; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....
  13. GENETIC CONTROL OF TISSUE POLARITY
    Paul Adler; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..For one of these genes we will determine the relative importance of adhesion versus signal transduction for the mutant phenotype. ..
  14. GENETIC CONTROL OF TISSUE POLARITY
    Paul Adler; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ..We will also carry out experiments designed to distinguish between models proposed to explain the function of the fz signaling/signal transduction pathway in the development of tissue polarity. ..
  15. MYOSIN VI FUNCTION IN INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT/LOCALIZATI
    Kathryn Miller; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..abstract_text> ..
  16. REGULATION OF CELL MIGRATION IN DEVELOPMENT
    Denise Montell; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..In addition, the regulated activity of the GTPase Rac, but not Rho or Cdc42, is required during border cell migration...