The villin-like protein encoded by the Drosophila quail gene is required for actin bundle assembly during oogenesis
Mahajan-Miklos S, Cooley L. The villin-like protein encoded by the Drosophila quail gene is required for actin bundle assembly during oogenesis. Cell 1994, 78: 291-301. PMID: 8044841, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(94)90298-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVillin-like proteinNurse cellsActin filament bundlesQuail geneMutant egg chambersActin bundle assemblyFilament bundlesEgg chambersFemale sterilityAdult fliesCytoplasmic transportFilamentous actinGene resultsBundle assemblyActin filamentsQuail proteinProtein villinAbsorptive epithelial cellsStriking colocalizationProteinOogenesisVillinEpithelial cellsGenesCellsDrosophila singed, a fascin homolog, is required for actin bundle formation during oogenesis and bristle extension.
Cant K, Knowles BA, Mooseker MS, Cooley L. Drosophila singed, a fascin homolog, is required for actin bundle formation during oogenesis and bristle extension. Journal Of Cell Biology 1994, 125: 369-380. PMID: 8163553, PMCID: PMC2120035, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.125.2.369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActin filament bundle formationActin filament bundlesSevere mutantsBundle formationFilament bundlesActin bundle formationBundles actin filamentsNurse cell nucleiDrosophila homologBristle phenotypeSocket cellsFemale sterileEgg chambersRing canalsCytoplasm transportSea urchin eggsNurse cellsActin bundlesCellular extensionsSevere allelesActin filamentsDrosophilaMutantsMigratory cellsFilopodial extensionsProfilin mutations disrupt multiple actin-dependent processes during Drosophila development
Verheyen E, Cooley L. Profilin mutations disrupt multiple actin-dependent processes during Drosophila development. Development 1994, 120: 717-728. PMID: 7600952, DOI: 10.1242/dev.120.4.717.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall actin binding proteinsEmbryonic lethal phenotypeActin-dependent processesActin binding proteinsActin filament bundlesDrosophila profilinProfilin mutationDrosophila developmentMulticellular organismsViable allelesBristle formationLethal phenotypeActin assemblyProfilin functionSubcellular localizationGenomic deletionsBinding proteinCell migrationCell typesProfilinFilament bundlesOogenesisAbnormal regulationBinucleate cellsDeletion