Regions within a single epidermal cell of Drosophila can be planar polarised independently

Planar cell polarity (PCP), the coordinated and consistent orientation of cells in the plane of epithelial sheets, is a fundamental and conserved property of animals and plants. Up to now, the smallest unit expressing PCP has been considered to be an entire single cell. We report that, in the larval...

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Main Authors: Miguel Rovira, Pedro Saavedra, José Casal, Peter A Lawrence
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2015-02-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/06303