<it>echinus</it>, required for interommatidial cell sorting and cell death in the <it>Drosophila </it>pupal retina, encodes a protein with homology to ubiquitin-specific proteases

<it>echinus</it>, required for interommatidial cell sorting and cell death in the <it>Drosophila </it>pupal retina, encodes a protein with homology to ubiquitin-specific proteases

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Programmed cell death is used to remove excess cells between ommatidia in the <it>Drosophila </it>pupal retina. This death is required to establish the crystalline, hexagonal packing of ommatidia that characterizes the ad...

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Main Authors: Gorski Sharon M, Guo Ming, Freeman J Douglas, Bosdet Ian, Copeland Jeffrey M, Hay Bruce A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-07-01
Series:BMC Developmental Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/7/82

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