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
2005
Drosophila myosin V is required for larval development and spermatid individualization
Mermall V, Bonafé N, Jones L, Sellers JR, Cooley L, Mooseker MS. Drosophila myosin V is required for larval development and spermatid individualization. Developmental Biology 2005, 286: 238-255. PMID: 16126191, DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.07.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvestment conesLarval developmentClass V myosinsIndividualization complexSpermatid individualizationCytological defectsTruncation alleleVesicular trafficRNA transportActin structuresLarval tissuesMutant animalsMature spermSperm nucleiMyoVSpermatid maturationMolecular motorsMyosin VMechanochemical couplingDetectable defectsV geneMicrotubulesIndividual membranesActinSpermatogenesis