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Arp2/3-Dependent Psuedocleavage Furrow Assembly in Syncytial Drosophila Embryos
Stevenson V, Hudson A, Cooley L, Theurkauf WE. Arp2/3-Dependent Psuedocleavage Furrow Assembly in Syncytial Drosophila Embryos. Current Biology 2002, 12: 705-711. PMID: 12007413, DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00807-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrosophila embryosPseudocleavage furrowsCell cycleActin capActin reorganizationSomatic cell divisionLocal actin polymerizationSyncytial Drosophila embryosARPC1 subunitArp2/3 complexNuclear positioningEmbryonic divisionsComplex localizeCell divisionActin polymerizationCleavage furrowFurrow formationCap functionSpindle fusionMolecular mechanismsArp2/3EmbryosVivo analysisMutationsAssembly
2020
Drosophila sperm development and intercellular cytoplasm sharing through ring canals do not require an intact fusome
Kaufman RS, Price KL, Mannix KM, Ayers KM, Hudson AM, Cooley L. Drosophila sperm development and intercellular cytoplasm sharing through ring canals do not require an intact fusome. Development 2020, 147: dev190140. PMID: 33033119, PMCID: PMC7687857, DOI: 10.1242/dev.190140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRing canalsSperm developmentPost-meiotic haploid spermatidsGerm cellsGermline ring canalsAnimal germ cellsQuality control surveillanceLarge cytoplasmic structuresCytoplasmic informationDiploid spermatogoniaHaploid spermatidsSpecialized organellesIncomplete cytokinesisIntercellular movementCell divisionEndogenous proteinsFusomeCytoplasmic structuresIntercellular bridgesMale fertilityIntercellular trafficSpermatogenesisCellsCytokinesisNormal conditions