Cellular morphogenesis: slow-as-molasses accelerates polarized membrane growth

Dev Cell. 2002 Apr;2(4):382-4. doi: 10.1016/s1534-5807(02)00160-0.

Abstract

Cellularization of the early Drosophila embryo is a modified form of cytokinesis that gives rise to the blastoderm epithelium through polarized membrane growth. The gene slow-as-molasses encodes a novel protein essential for the formation of a plasma membrane domain that initiates membrane growth during cellularization.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Division / physiology*
  • Cell Membrane / physiology*
  • Drosophila
  • Drosophila Proteins / physiology*

Substances

  • Drosophila Proteins