Developmental biology: hippo promotes posterior patterning by preventing proliferation.
The Hippo pathway is a potent regulator of tissue growth. Two recent studies report a new function of the pathway in the differentiation of the follicular epithelium during Drosophila oogenesis.
Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstr. 17, D-50931 Köln, Germany. veit.riechmann@uni-koeln.de
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D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009866:Oogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D010063:Ovum / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000099317:Hippo Kinases
D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C499474:hpo protein, Drosophila; D000099317:Hippo Kinases