1994
Drosophila 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 extensions
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