Mutations in a novel gene, myoblast city, provide evidence in support of the founder cell hypothesis for Drosophila muscle development

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				J.-F. Cote and K. Vuori Identification of an evolutionarily conserved superfamily of DOCK180-related proteins with guanine nucleotide exchange activity J. Cell Sci., March 14, 2003; 115(24): 4901 - 4913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Ruiz-Gomez, N. Coutts, M. L. Suster, M. Landgraf, and M. Bate myoblasts incompetent encodes a zinc finger transcription factor required to specify fusion-competent myoblasts in Drosophila Development, January 1, 2002; 129(1): 133 - 141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Rau, D. Buttgereit, A. Holz, R. Fetter, S. K. Doberstein, A. Paululat, N. Staudt, J. Skeath, A. M. Michelson, and R. Renkawitz-Pohl rolling pebbles (rols) is required in Drosophila muscle precursors for recruitment of myoblasts for fusion Development, December 15, 2001; 128(24): 5061 - 5073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				H. Duan, J. B. Skeath, and H. T. Nguyen Drosophila Lame duck, a novel member of the Gli superfamily, acts as a key regulator of myogenesis by controlling fusion-competent myoblast development Development, November 15, 2001; 128(22): 4489 - 4500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Strunkelnberg, B. Bonengel, L. M. Moda, A. Hertenstein, H. G. de Couet, R. G. P. Ramos, and K.-F. Fischbach rst and its paralogue kirre act redundantly during embryonic muscle development in Drosophila Development, November 1, 2001; 128(21): 4229 - 4239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				B. S. Martin, M. Ruiz-Gomez, M. Landgraf, and M. Bate A distinct set of founders and fusion-competent myoblasts make visceral muscles in the Drosophila embryo Development, September 1, 2001; 128(17): 3331 - 3338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				I. Castanon, S. Von Stetina, J. Kass, and M. K. Baylies Dimerization partners determine the activity of the Twist bHLH protein during Drosophila mesoderm development Development, August 15, 2001; 128(16): 3145 - 3159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Hayes, J. Miller, and D. Hoshizaki serpent, a GATA-like transcription factor gene, induces fat-cell development in Drosophila melanogaster Development, January 4, 2001; 128(7): 1193 - 1200. [Abstract] [PDF]

				B San Martin and M Bate Hindgut visceral mesoderm requires an ectodermal template for normal development in Drosophila Development, January 1, 2001; 128(2): 233 - 242. [Abstract] [PDF]

				Machado and D. Andrew D-Titin: a Giant Protein with Dual Roles in Chromosomes and Muscles J. Cell Biol., October 30, 2000; 151(3): 639 - 652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				B. A. Bour, M. Chakravarti, J. M. West, and S. M. Abmayr Drosophila SNS, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily that is essential for myoblast fusion Genes & Dev., June 15, 2000; 14(12): 1498 - 1511. [Abstract] [Full Text]