title: Pattern formation. Gurken meets torpedo for the first time.
abstract: Intercellular communication between oocyte and follicle cells, mediated by the gurken-torpedo/DER signalling pathway, has a crucial role in determining both anterior-posterior and dorsal-ventral polarity in Drosophila.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Gavis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002450:Cell Communication; D016764:Cell Polarity; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000196:embryology*; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007301:Insect Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000502:physiology; D011494:Protein Kinases; D018010:Receptors, Invertebrate Peptide / Q000378:metabolism*; D016211:Transforming Growth Factor alpha; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D007301:Insect Hormones; D018010:Receptors, Invertebrate Peptide; D016211:Transforming Growth Factor alpha; C083730:grk protein, Drosophila; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors; D011494:Protein Kinases; C066532:Egfr protein, Drosophila; D066246:ErbB Receptors