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Imaging Centrosomes in Fly Testes
Authors:Marcus L. Basiri  Stephanie Blachon  Yiu-Cheung Frederick Chim  Tomer Avidor-Reiss
Affiliation:1.Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo
Abstract:
Centrosomes are conserved microtubule-based organelles whose structure and function change dramatically throughout the cell cycle and cell differentiation. Centrosomes are essential to determine the cell division axis during mitosis and to nucleate cilia during interphase. The identity of the proteins that mediate these dynamic changes remains only partially known, and the function of many of the proteins that have been implicated in these processes is still rudimentary. Recent work has shown that Drosophila spermatogenesis provides a powerful system to identify new proteins critical for centrosome function and formation as well as to gain insight into the particular function of known players in centrosome-related processes. Drosophila is an established genetic model organism where mutants in centrosomal genes can be readily obtained and easily analyzed. Furthermore, recent advances in the sensitivity and resolution of light microscopy and the development of robust genetically tagged centrosomal markers have transformed the ability to use Drosophila testes as a simple and accessible model system to study centrosomes. This paper describes the use of genetically-tagged centrosomal markers to perform genetic screens for new centrosomal mutants and to gain insight into the specific function of newly identified genes.
Keywords:Developmental Biology   Issue 79   biology (general)   genetics (animal and plant)   animal biology   animal models   Life Sciences (General)   Centrosome   Spermatogenesis   Spermiogenesis   Drosophila   Centriole   Cilium   Mitosis   Meiosis
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