RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Muscle Cells on the Move
JF Science's STKE
JO Sci. STKE
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP tw5
OP tw5
DO 10.1126/stke.2001.80.tw5
VO 2001
IS 80
YR 2001
UL http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/2001/80/tw5.abstract
AB The ligand Slit and its corresponding receptor Roundabout (Robo) are notorious for providing guidance signals to axons finding their initial pathways during early Drosophila development. Kramer et al. now show that the Slit and Robo combination is even more versatile than previously thought. Muscle cells also migrate during the early stages of muscle organization under the direction of the Slit and Robo team. The response switches from repulsive to attractive; initially repelled by Slit at the midline, muscle cells are later attracted by Slit at specific attachment sites. S. G. Kramer, T. Kidd, J. H. Simpson, C. S. Goodman, Switching repulsion to attraction: Changing responses to Slit during transition in mesoderm migration. Science 292, 737-740 (2001). [Abstract] [Full Text]