Markus Affolter - Dorsal closure

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Goal of Markus' paper

Acute force elimination via selective MyosinII depletion in one or the other tissue shows that the amnioserosa tissue autonomously drives dorsal closure while the actin/MyosinII cable cannot.

Sqh-GFP KO of epidermal actin/myosin cable (ES)

Dorsal closure!

How did they selectively remove MyosinII activity in each tissue, prior to dorsal closure?

By targeting GFP-tagged MyosinII light chain Sqh (Sqh-GFP) to protein degradation using UAS/Gal4- mediated deGradFP expression.

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