Fluorescent Images of the Fruit Fly Wing Disc (IMAGE)

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia

Fluorescent Images of the Fruit Fly Wing Disc

Caption

A) Tissue overgrowth is due to the presence of higher levels of Scr activity in the fruit fly wing disc (tissue that will generate the wings in the adult fly); B) This overgrowth is restrained due to a higher expression of the "tuner" actin Capping protein.

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Beatriz Gárcia Fernandéz, IGC.

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