Abstract:The somatic muscles of the Drosophila embryo and larvae share structural and functional similarities with vertebrate skeletal muscles and serve as a powerful model for studying muscle development. Here we show that the evolutionarily conserved Ssdp protein is required for the correct patterning of somatic muscles. Ssdp is part of the conserved Chi/LDB-Ssdp (ChiLS) complex that is a core component of the conserved Wg/Wnt enhanceosome, which responds to Wg signals to regulate gene transcription. Ssdp shows isofo… Show more
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