hedgehog is required for the proliferation and specification of ovarian somatic cells prior to egg chamber formation in Drosophila

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				X. Song and T. Xie From the Cover: DE-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion is essential for maintaining somatic stem cells in the Drosophila ovary PNAS, November 12, 2002; 99(23): 14813 - 14818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				F. Besse, D. Busson, and A.-M. Pret Fused-dependent Hedgehog signal transduction is required for somatic cell differentiation during Drosophila egg chamber formation Development, September 1, 2002; 129(17): 4111 - 4124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				X. Song, C.-H. Zhu, C. Doan, and T. Xie Germline Stem Cells Anchored by Adherens Junctions in the Drosophila Ovary Niches Science, June 7, 2002; 296(5574): 1855 - 1857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Roy and P. W. Ingham Hedgehogs tryst with the cell cycle J. Cell Sci., January 12, 2002; 115(23): 4393 - 4397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Bai and D. Montell Eyes Absent, a key repressor of polar cell fate during Drosophila oogenesis Development, January 12, 2002; 129(23): 5377 - 5388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. E. Smith III, C. A. Cummings, and C. Cronmiller daughterless coordinates somatic cell proliferation, differentiation and germline cyst survival during follicle formation in Drosophila Development, January 7, 2002; 129(13): 3255 - 3267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. R. McGregor, R. Xi, and D. A. Harrison JAK signaling is somatically required for follicle cell differentiation in Drosophila Development, January 2, 2002; 129(3): 705 - 717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Grammont and K. D. Irvine fringe and Notch specify polar cell fate during Drosophila oogenesis Development, June 15, 2001; 128(12): 2243 - 2253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Swan, S. Hijal, A. Hilfiker, and B. Suter Identification of New X-Chromosomal Genes Required for Drosophila Oogenesis and Novel Roles for fs(1)Yb, brainiac and dunce Genome Res., January 1, 2001; 11(1): 67 - 77. [Abstract] [Full Text]