Vestigial is required during late-stage muscle differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster embryos.

ABSTRACT: The somatic muscles of Drosophila develop in a complex pattern that is repeated in each embryonic hemi-segment. During early development, progenitor cells fuse to form a syncytial muscle, which further differentiates via expression of muscle-specific factors that induce specific responses to external signals to regulate late-stage processes such as migration and attachment. Initial communication between somatic muscles and the epidermal tendon cells is critical for both of these processes. However, later establishment of attachments between longitudinal muscles at the segmental borders is largely independent of the muscle-epidermal attachment signals, and relatively little is known about how this event is regulated. Using a combination of null mutations and a truncated version of Sd that b

SUBMITTER: Deng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2947467 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature