Tubulogenesis: Src42A goes to great lengths in tube elongation.
New work shows the instructive role of Src42A kinase in tube size regulation. By inducing polarized cell-shape changes, Src42A promotes tube elongation in the Drosophila tracheal system.
Biozentrum der Universität Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Amanda
A
Ochoa-Espinosa
Magdalena M
MM
Baer
Markus
M
Affolter
D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000196:embryology*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D008317:Malpighian Tubules / Q000196:embryology*; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / Q000502:physiology*
D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src); C100382:Src42A protein, Drosophila