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ArticleDevelopmental biology2013

The transcriptional regulator lola is required for stem cell maintenance and germ cell differentiation in the Drosophila testis.

Erin L Davies, Jaclyn G Y Lim, William J Joo, Cheuk Ho Tam, Margaret T Fuller

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Article in Developmental biology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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5 authors.

Erin L DaviesDepartment of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 279 Campus Drive, Beckman Center B300, Stanford, CA 94305-5329, USA.
Jaclyn G Y Lim
William J Joo
Cheuk Ho Tam
Margaret T Fuller

Funding

Regulation of Stem Cell Self-Renewal and DifferentiationR01GM080501 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI FULLER, MARGARET T · 2007 to 2019
$3.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080501NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM080501
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cell behavior is regulated by extrinsic signals from specialized microenvironments, or niches, and intrinsic factors required for execution of context-appropriate responses to niche signals. Here we show that function of the transcriptional regulator longitudinals lacking (lola) is required cell autonomously for germline stem cell and somatic cyst stem cell maintenance in the Drosophila testis. In addition, lola is also required for proper execution of key developmental transitions during male germ cell differentiation, including the switch from transit amplifying progenitor to spermatocyte growth and differentiation, as well as meiotic cell cycle progression and spermiogenesis. Different lola isoforms, each having unique C-termini and zinc finger domains, may control different aspects of proliferation and differentiation in the male germline and somatic cyst stem cell lineages.

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Cell DifferentiationAnimalsCell DivisionCell LineageDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Knockdown TechniquesJanus KinasesMaleMeiosisMutationNuclear ProteinsProtein IsoformsRNA InterferenceSignal TransductionDrosophila ProteinsJanus Kinaseslola protein, DrosophilaNuclear ProteinsProtein IsoformsSTAT Transcription FactorsTranscription FactorsTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID23159836
PMCPMC4006830

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