Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Hedgehog mediated degradation of Ihog adhesion proteins modulates cell segregation in Drosophila wing imaginal discs

  • Elaine Y. C. Hsia,
  • Ya Zhang,
  • Hai Son Tran,
  • Agnes Lim,
  • Ya-Hui Chou,
  • Ganhui Lan,
  • Philip A. Beachy,
  • Xiaoyan Zheng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01364-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The range of Hedgehog (Hh) signalling in the Drosophila imaginal disc is limited by Hh/receptor degradation at the anterior/posterior (A/P) compartment boundary. Here, the authors show that degradation is mediated by co-receptor proteins Ihog/Boi, whose cell adhesion functions also contribute to A/P cell segregation.