Planar polarity: photoreceptors on a high fat diet.
Differential activity of Frizzled in the R3/R4 photo-receptors of Drosophila regulates the orientation of ommatidia. New evidence suggests that the cadherins Dachsous and Fat act upstream of Frizzled in this process.
Strutt
Helen
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Centre for Developmental Genetics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Strutt
David
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D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000502:physiology*; D004330:Drosophila; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D051157:Frizzled Receptors; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000502:physiology*; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
D015820:Cadherins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D051157:Frizzled Receptors; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; C094449:ds protein, Drosophila; C058784:fz protein, Drosophila