Cytonemes coordinate asymmetric signaling and organization in the Drosophila muscle progenitor niche

Asymmetric signaling and organization in the stem cell niche determine cell fates. Here the authors show that polarized contact-dependent signaling through specialized cytonemes forms the basis of niche-specific asymmetric signaling and stem cell organization.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Akshay Patel, Yicong Wu, Xiaofei Han, Yijun Su, Tim Maugel, Hari Shroff, Sougata Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28587-z