title: Planar polarity: photoreceptors on a high fat diet.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Developmental Genetics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Strutt
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Strutt
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D051157:Frizzled Receptors; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; C094449:ds protein, Drosophila; C058784:fz protein, Drosophila