Drosophila RpS12 controls translation, growth, and cell competition through Xrp1.

Whereas complete loss of Rp function is generally lethal, most heterozygous Rp mutants grow more slowly and are subject to competitive loss from mosaics tissues that also contain wild type cells. The rpS12 gene has a special role in the cell competition of other Ribosomal Protein (Rp) mutant cells i...

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Main Authors: Zhejun Ji, Marianthi Kiparaki, Virginia Folgado, Amit Kumar, Jorge Blanco, Gerard Rimesso, Jacky Chuen, Yang Liu, Deyou Zheng, Nicholas E Baker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-12-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008513