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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
Specialized groups of cells known as organizers govern the establishment of cell type diversity across cellular fields. Segmental patterning within the Drosophila embryonic epidermis is one paradigm for organizer function. Here cells differentiate into smooth cuticle or distinct denticle types. At parasegment boundaries, cells expressing Wingless confront cells co-expressing Engrailed and Hedgehog. While Wingless is essential for smooth cell fates, the signals that establish denticle diversity are unknown. We show that wg mutants have residual mirror-symmetric pattern that is due to an Engrailed-dependent signal specifying anterior denticle fates. The Engrailed-dependent signal acts unidirectionally and Wg activity imposes this asymmetry. Reciprocally, the Engrailed/Hedgehog interface imposes asymmetry on Wg signaling. Thus, a bipartite organizer, with each signal acting essentially unidirectionally, specifies segmental pattern.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hedgehog Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insect Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Intercellular Signaling Peptides..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Rho protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serrate proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Wnt1 Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/engrail protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/hedgehog protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/rho-2 protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/wg protein, Drosophila
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4107-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Calcium-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Embryonic Induction, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Hedgehog Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10457019-Wnt1 Protein
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Mutual antagonism between signals secreted by adjacent wingless and engrailed cells leads to specification of complementary regions of the Drosophila parasegment.
pubmed:affiliation
Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't