Tissue polarity points from cells that have higher Frizzled levels towards cells that have lower Frizzled levels
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Tissue polarity points from cells that have higher Frizzled levels towards cells that have lower Frizzled levels
BACKGROUND The frizzled (fz) gene of Drosophila encodes the founding member of the large family of receptors for the Wnt family of signaling molecules. It was originally studied in the adult epidermis, where it plays a key role in the generation of tissue polarity. Mutations in components of the fz signal transduction pathway disrupt tissue polarity; on the wing, hairs normally point distally b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00413-1