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
1997
Formation of the Drosophila Ovarian Ring Canal Inner Rim Depends on cheerio
Robinson D, Smith-Leiker T, Sokol N, Hudson A, Cooley L. Formation of the Drosophila Ovarian Ring Canal Inner Rim Depends on cheerio. Genetics 1997, 145: 1063-1072. PMID: 9093858, PMCID: PMC1207876, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/145.4.1063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAllelesAnimalsCalmodulin-Binding ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCell CommunicationCell MembraneChromosome MappingCytoskeletonDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenes, InsectInfertility, FemaleInsect ProteinsIntercellular JunctionsMicrofilament ProteinsOocytesOvaryConceptsStable intercellular bridgesExamination of mutantsDrosophila oogenesisPlasma membrane stabilizationRing canalsCytoplasm transportMutant cellsFilamentous actinCleavage furrowRIM proteinsNurse cellsActin filamentsIntercellular bridgesMutantsCritical functionsKelchCheeriosProteinStep-wise processAssemblyMembrane stabilizationCellsCytoskeletonOogenesisGenes