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PLoS Genetics Issue Image | Vol. 4(1) January 2008

Apical enrichment of stardust transcripts

The Stardust protein is a key regulator of apical identity in polarized epithelia. Dynein-dependent apical localization of certain stardust mRNA isoforms may also play a functional role in apico-basal polarity regulation. The image shows the apical enrichment of stardust transcripts (green puncta) in the Drosophila follicle cell epithelium (see Horne-Badovinac and Bilder, e8).

Image Credit: Confocal micrograph provided by Sally Horne-Badovinac.

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Apical enrichment of stardust transcripts

The Stardust protein is a key regulator of apical identity in polarized epithelia. Dynein-dependent apical localization of certain stardust mRNA isoforms may also play a functional role in apico-basal polarity regulation. The image shows the apical enrichment of stardust transcripts (green puncta) in the Drosophila follicle cell epithelium (see Horne-Badovinac and Bilder, e8).

Image Credit: Confocal micrograph provided by Sally Horne-Badovinac.

https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pgen.v04.i01.g001