Cell lineage: compartments and Capricious.
Until recently, little was known about the mechanisms that prevent cell migration across compartment boundaries in Drosophila. A new report suggests that the lineage restriction between the dorsal and ventral compartments of the developing wing relies in part on the transmembrane proteins, Capricious and Tartan.
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Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, 250 North Mills Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. ssblair@facstaff.wisc.edu
D000818:Animals; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D019070:Cell Lineage; D004330:Drosophila