A corset function of exoskeletal ECM promotes body elongation in Drosophila

Reiko Tajiri; Haruhiko Fujiwara; Tetsuya Kojima

doi:10.1038/s42003-020-01630-9

Communications Biology (Jan 2021)

A corset function of exoskeletal ECM promotes body elongation in Drosophila

Reiko Tajiri,
Haruhiko Fujiwara,
Tetsuya Kojima

Affiliations

Reiko Tajiri: Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Biosciences Building 501
Haruhiko Fujiwara: Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Biosciences Building 501
Tetsuya Kojima: Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Biosciences Building 501

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01630-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Tajiri et al. describe how the cuticle coating the Drosophila larval body expands less efficiently along the body circumference than along the anteroposterior axis to drive body elongation. This “corset” property depends on cuticular proteins Cpr11A and Tubby, which may work together to change larval body shape.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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