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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
48
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
Muscle founder cells are uniquely specified cells that fuse with neighboring myoblasts to generate the complex pattern of body wall muscles in the Drosophila embryo. We have investigated the positional specification of founder cells for ventral oblique muscles, marked by the restricted expression of tinman RNA and the activity of a D-mef2 enhancer. The formation of these ventral myoblasts requires the function of the Heartless FGF receptor in the mesoderm and the presence of ventral neuroblasts in the central nervous system. Overproduction of ventral neuroblasts due to the forced expression of the homeodomain protein Vnd leads to increased numbers of founder cells. These results suggest the use of a neuroectoderm-to-mesoderm signaling pathway in the specification of ventral muscle precursors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mef2 protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myogenic Regulatory Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Repressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/heartless protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/myocyte-specific enhancer-binding..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/tin protein, Drosophila
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6818-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Ventral neuroblasts and the heartless FGF receptor are required for muscle founder cell specification in Drosophila.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't