Search Results - "Sawyer, Jessica K."

Mechanical Feedback through E-Cadherin Promotes Direction Sensing during Collective Cell Migration by Cai, Danfeng, Chen, Shann-Ching, Prasad, Mohit, He, Li, Wang, Xiaobo, Choesmel-Cadamuro, Valerie, Sawyer, Jessica K., Danuser, Gaudenz, Montell, Denise J.

“…E-cadherin is a major homophilic cell-cell adhesion molecule that inhibits motility of individual cells on matrix. However, its contribution to migration of…”
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Drosophila afadin homologue Canoe regulates linkage of the actin cytoskeleton to adherens junctions during apical constriction by Sawyer, Jessica K, Harris, Nathan J, Slep, Kevin C, Gaul, Ulrike, Peifer, Mark

“…Cadherin-based adherens junctions (AJs) mediate cell adhesion and regulate cell shape change. The nectin-afadin complex also localizes to AJs and links to the…”
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Orb2 enables rare-codon-enriched mRNA expression during Drosophila neuron differentiation by Stewart, Rebeccah K., Nguyen, Patrick, Laederach, Alain, Volkan, Pelin C., Sawyer, Jessica K., Fox, Donald T.

“…Regulation of codon optimality is an increasingly appreciated layer of cell- and tissue-specific protein expression control. Here, we use codon-modified…”
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A contractile actomyosin network linked to adherens junctions by Canoe/afadin helps drive convergent extension by Sawyer, Jessica K, Choi, Wangsun, Jung, Kuo-Chen, He, Li, Harris, Nathan J, Peifer, Mark

“…Integrating individual cell movements to create tissue-level shape change is essential to building an animal. We explored mechanisms of adherens junction…”
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Fizzy-Related dictates A cell cycle switch during organ repair and tissue growth responses in the Drosophila hindgut by Cohen, Erez, Allen, Scott R, Sawyer, Jessica K, Fox, Donald T

“…Ploidy-increasing cell cycles drive tissue growth in many developing organs. Such cycles, including endocycles, are increasingly appreciated to drive tissue…”
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Rab11 helps maintain apical crumbs and adherens junctions in the Drosophila embryonic ectoderm by Roeth, Jeremiah F, Sawyer, Jessica K, Wilner, Daniel A, Peifer, Mark

“…Tissue morphogenesis and organogenesis require that cells retain stable cell-cell adhesion while changing shape and moving. One mechanism to accommodate this…”
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Distinct responses to rare codons in select Drosophila tissues by Allen, Scott R, Stewart, Rebeccah K, Rogers, Michael, Ruiz, Ivan Jimenez, Cohen, Erez, Laederach, Alain, Counter, Christopher M, Sawyer, Jessica K, Fox, Donald T

“…Codon usage bias has long been appreciated to influence protein production. Yet, relatively few studies have analyzed the impacts of codon usage on…”
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Exploiting codon usage identifies intensity-specific modifiers of Ras/MAPK signaling in vivo by Sawyer, Jessica K, Kabiri, Zahra, Montague, Ruth A, Allen, Scott R, Stewart, Rebeccah, Paramore, Sarah V, Cohen, Erez, Zaribafzadeh, Hamed, Counter, Christopher M, Fox, Donald T

“…Signal transduction pathways are intricately fine-tuned to accomplish diverse biological processes. An example is the conserved…”
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Accelerated cell cycles enable organ regeneration under developmental time constraints in the Drosophila hindgut by Cohen, Erez, Peterson, Nora G., Sawyer, Jessica K., Fox, Donald T.

“…Individual organ development must be temporally coordinated with development of the rest of the organism. As a result, cell division cycles in a developing…”
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Physiology, Development, and Disease Modeling in the Drosophila Excretory System by Cohen, Erez, Sawyer, Jessica K, Peterson, Nora G, Dow, Julian A T, Fox, Donald T

“…Abstract The insect excretory system contains two organ systems acting in concert: the Malpighian tubules and the hindgut perform essential roles in excretion…”
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Interorgan regulation of Drosophila intestinal stem cell proliferation by a hybrid organ boundary zone by Sawyer, Jessica K, Cohen, Erez, Fox, Donald T

“…The molecular identities and regulation of cells at interorgan boundaries are often unclear, despite the increasingly appreciated role of organ boundaries in…”
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How the Cytoskeleton Helps Build the Embryonic Body Plan: Models of Morphogenesis from Drosophila by Harris, Tony J C, Sawyer, Jessica K, Peifer, Mark

“…One key challenge for cell and developmental biologists is to determine how the cytoskeletal toolkit is used to build embryonic tissues and organs. Here, we…”
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Morphogenesis: Multitalented GTPases Seeking New Jobs by Sawyer, Jessica K., Harris, Nathan J., Peifer, Mark

“…Since their discovery twenty years ago the GTPases Rac, Rho, and Cdc42 have become cellular superstars, with diverse roles in regulating actin, cell polarity…”
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Inter-organ regulation of Drosophila intestinal stem cell proliferation by a hybrid organ boundary zone by Sawyer, Jessica K., Cohen, Erez, Fox, Donald T.

“…The molecular identities and regulation of cells at inter-organ boundaries are often unclear, despite the increasingly appreciated role of organ boundaries in…”
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Physiology, Development, and Disease Modeling in the Drosophila Excretory System by Cohen, Erez, Sawyer, Jessica K, Peterson, Nora G, Dow, Julian A T, Fox, Donald T

“…The insect excretory system contains two organ systems acting in concert: the Malpighian tubules and the hindgut perform essential roles in excretion and ionic…”
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Chapter 3 How the Cytoskeleton Helps Build the Embryonic Body Plan by Harris, Tony J.C., Sawyer, Jessica K., Peifer, Mark

“…One key challenge for cell and developmental biologists is to determine how the cytoskeletal toolkit is used to build embryonic tissues and organs. Here, we…”
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The role of Canoe/Afadin in Drosophila morphogenesis by Sawyer, Jessica K

“…Morphogenesis is the amazing process of forming tissues and organs to build an animal. Coordinating cell-cell adhesion and cell shape change are both essential…”
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The role of Canoe/Afadin in Drosophila morphogenesis by Sawyer, Jessica K

“…Morphogenesis is the amazing process of forming tissues and organs to build an animal. Coordinating cell-cell adhesion and cell shape change are both essential…”
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