EGF receptor signaling: putting a new spin on eye development

Curr Biol. 2003 Oct 14;13(20):R813-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.053.

Abstract

The coordinated polarization of cells within an epithelium is required for the development and function of some tissues. Recent work has shown that the EGF receptor signaling pathway plays a key role in establishing epithelial polarity in the compound eye of Drosophila.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Movement / physiology*
  • Drosophila / embryology*
  • Drosophila / physiology
  • Epithelium / physiology
  • ErbB Receptors / metabolism*
  • ErbB Receptors / physiology
  • Organogenesis / physiology
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / embryology*
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

  • ErbB Receptors