title: Neuron survival: say it with Flowers.
abstract: The Flower protein family is part of a cell-cell communication pathway that regulates cell competition, in which fit cells eliminate less fit neighbors. A new study demonstrates that this pathway can also govern the culling of unwanted neurons during development.
authors.affiliation: Cell Polarity & Epithelial Morphogenesis Laboratory, Medical Research Council, LMCB, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. f.pichaud@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pichaud
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000235:genetics*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012160:Retina / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C543900:fwe protein, Drosophila