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The wing primordium, called the imaginal disc, of a fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The adult wing has several veins, which are induced by extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK) signalling during development, and here active (phosphorylated) ERK (red) is seen in several stripes as the veins are specified. Yuen et al. characterise a reporter in Drosophila (cyan) that can be used to visualise ERK activity in live cells. Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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EDITORIAL
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Zebrafish models of alx-linked frontonasal dysplasia reveal a role for Alx1 and Alx3 in the anterior segment and vasculature of the developing eye
Summary: We show that zebrafish alx1 and alx3 function redundantly to regulate ocular and facial development, and identify a novel protective function of alx1 against ethanol toxicity.
Antimicrobial peptide expression in the cockroach gut during enterobacterial infection is specific and influenced by type III secretion
Summary: This study demonstrates that antimicrobial peptide gene expression in the German cockroach gut can be highly specific, responding to type III secretion-dependent colonization processes rather than to general bacterial associated molecular patterns. This finding provides new insight into the immunological adaptation of cockroaches to life in septic environments as well as the factors that regulate bacterial pathogen transmission by these insects.
midline represses Dpp signaling and target gene expression in Drosophila ventral leg development
Summary: Ventral patterning is controlled in part by the T-box Transcription factor midline blocking Dpp signaling and Dpp-activated genes, though midline does not affect the Dpp-repressed gene brk.
METHODS & TECHNIQUES
A kinase translocation reporter reveals real-time dynamics of ERK activity in Drosophila
Summary: We describe a reporter to study the dynamics of ERK signalling in Drosophila, use it to measure signalling in individual cells over time, and monitor development.
Oo-site: A dashboard to visualize gene expression during Drosophila oogenesis suggests meiotic entry is regulated post-transcriptionally
Summary: We created a dashboard to visualize gene expression in the Drosophila germarium and discovered that meiotic entry is regulated at the level of translation.
Antibodies targeting the European lobster (Palinurus elephas) vitellogenin developed by mRNA isolation and in-silico-designed antigenic peptides
Summary: The development of anti-vitellogenin antibodies of Palinurus elephas could be applied to building a non-invasive reading system for monitoring the reproductive status of these crustaceans and as a useful tool for controlling the quality of their aquatic environment.
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