Mechanical Control of Whole Body Shape by a Single Cuticular Protein Obstructor-E in Drosophila melanogaster.

Body shapes are much more variable than body plans. One way to alter body shapes independently of body plans would be to mechanically deform bodies. To what extent body shapes are regulated physically, or molecules involved in physical control of morphogenesis, remain elusive. During fly metamorphos...

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Main Authors: Reiko Tajiri, Nobuhiro Ogawa, Haruhiko Fujiwara, Tetsuya Kojima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5226733?pdf=render