<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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Developmental Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/7/82 |