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F-actin-based extensions of the head cyst cell adhere to the maturing spermatids to maintain them in a tight bundle and prevent their premature release in Drosophila testis

BACKGROUND: In Drosophila, all the 64 clonally derived spermatocytes differentiate in syncytium inside two somatic-origin cyst cells. They elongate to form slender spermatids, which are individualized and then released into the seminal vesicle. During individualization, differentiating spermatids ar...

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Autores principales: Desai, Bela S, Shirolikar, Seema, Ray, Krishanu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2683793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19416498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-7-19