Drosophila morphogenesis: follow-my-leader in epithelia.
The shape of an organism largely depends on movements of epithelial sheets during embryogenesis. The discovery of a second MAPK kinase in Drosophila provides new insights into mechanisms that control the coordinated movement of epithelial cells.
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Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Universität zu Köln, Germany. eknust@biolan.uni-koeln.de
D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000196:embryology*; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D009024:Morphogenesis; D009154:Mutation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
D011494:Protein Kinases; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases