Drosophila axis elongation

 

Sérgio Simões, who did his PhD work in António Jacinto's lab, has recently published part of his postdoctoral work in New York in the Journal of Cell Biology. In this paper, the authors show that Rho GTPase and Shroom actin-binding protein have distinct roles in Rho-kinase localization and actomyosin contractility during Drosophila axis elongation. See the JCB webpage.

Like a purse string

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Trunk or Tail?

   How to stop a trunk and start a tail?

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Alexandre Raposo publica na Science

 

Nova visão sobre o     desenvolvimento da   Drosophila

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Da barbatana à perna humana

 

Renata Freitas encontra pistas sobre mecanismo evolutivo

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