#egg chambers

Organ Building Basis

Cells and tissue are supported by extracellular matrix known as the basement membrane. Study of fruit fly egg chambers (pictured) as a model system reveals that members of the ADAMTS enzyme family control the basement membrane's composition and properties that underlie organ shape

Read the published research article here

Image from work by Uwe Töpfer and colleagues

Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; School of Science, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Image contributed and copyright held by Uwe Töpfer

Research published in Cell Reports, July 2024