1998
Drosophila fascin mutants are rescued by overexpression of the villin-like protein, quail
Cant K, Knowles B, Mahajan-Miklos S, Heintzelman M, Cooley L. Drosophila fascin mutants are rescued by overexpression of the villin-like protein, quail. Journal Of Cell Science 1998, 111: 213-221. PMID: 9405306, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.111.2.213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActin-bundling proteinActin bundle formationVillin-like proteinBundling proteinNurse cellsActin bundle assemblyCytoplasmic actin bundlesDistinct biochemical propertiesBundle formationCytoplasmic actin networksQuail geneDrosophila germlineDrosophila oogenesisFascin functionGermline transformationEgg chambersCytoplasm transportDrosophila bristlesRedundant functionsActin networkActin bundlesWild typeBundle assemblyQuail proteinSpecialized structures
1992
chickadee encodes a profilin required for intercellular cytoplasm transport during Drosophila oogenesis
Cooley L, Verheyen E, Ayers K. chickadee encodes a profilin required for intercellular cytoplasm transport during Drosophila oogenesis. Cell 1992, 69: 173-184. PMID: 1339308, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(92)90128-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytoplasmic actin networksNurse cellsDrosophila oogenesisEgg chambersCytoplasm transportActin networkPolyploid nurse cellsNurse cell nucleiFlow of cytoplasmMutant phenotypeCDNA clonesProtein 40Cytoplasmic contentsAcanthamoeba profilinCell nucleiProfilinNuclear positionOogenesisGenesChickadeesOocytesCellsYeastCytoplasmClones