Tube morphogenesis: no pipe dream in Drosophila.
Tubular organs have characteristic lumen sizes that are generated during development. Recent studies of tubular systems in Drosophila have implicated intracellular vesicle transport as an important step in lumen expansion.
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Vikram
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Department of Biochemistry/HHMI, B465 Beckman Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5307, USA. vikrams@stanford.edu
D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000254:growth & development*; D009024:Morphogenesis