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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
The developing wing disc of Drosophila is divided into distinct lineage-restricted compartments along both the anterior/posterior (A/P) and dorsal/ventral (D/V) axes. At compartment boundaries, morphogenic signals pattern the disc epithelium and direct appropriate outgrowth and differentiation of adult wing structures. The mechanisms by which affinity boundaries are established and maintained, however, are not completely understood. Compartment-specific adhesive differences and inter-compartment signaling have both been implicated in this process. The selector gene apterous (ap) is expressed in dorsal cells of the wing disc and is essential for D/V compartmentalization, wing margin formation, wing outgrowth and dorsal-specific wing structures. To better understand the mechanisms of Ap function and compartment formation, we have rescued aspects of the ap mutant phenotype with genes known to be downstream of Ap. We show that Fringe (Fng), a secreted protein involved in modulation of Notch signaling, is sufficient to rescue D/V compartmentalization, margin formation and wing outgrowth when appropriately expressed in an ap mutant background. When Fng and alphaPS1, a dorsally expressed integrin subunit, are co-expressed, a nearly normal-looking wing is generated. However, these wings are entirely of ventral identity. Our results demonstrate that a number of wing development features, including D/V compartmentalization and wing vein formation, can occur independently of dorsal identity and that inter-compartmental signaling, refined by Fng, plays the crucial role in maintaining the D/V affinity boundary. In addition, it is clear that key functions of the ap selector gene are mediated by only a small number of downstream effectors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insect Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/LIM-Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Notch, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ap protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/engrail protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/fng protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/notch protein, Drosophila
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
128
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
703-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Embryonic Structures, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-LIM-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Receptors, Notch, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11171395-Wing
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Drosophila wing development in the absence of dorsal identity.
pubmed:affiliation
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, PO Box 85800, San Diego, CA 92186, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.