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Regulation of the Drosophila apoptosome through feedback inhibition
Peter J. Shapiro, Hans H. Hsu, Heekyung Jung, Edith S. Robbins & Hyung Don Ryoo
Nature Cell Biology 10, 1440–1446
(December 2008); doi:10.1038/ncb1803
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Staying alive: apoptosome feedback inhibition
Hermann Steller
Nature Cell Biology 10, 1387–1388
(December 2008); doi:10.1038/ncb1208-1387
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Sensing of 'danger signals' and pathogen-associated molecular patterns defines binary signaling pathways 'upstream' of Toll
Laure El Chamy, Vincent Leclerc, Isabelle Caldelari & Jean-Marc Reichhart
Nature Immunology 9, 1165–1170
(October 2008); doi:10.1038/ni.1643
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Paracrine Wingless signalling controls self-renewal of Drosophila intestinal stem cells
Guonan Lin, Na Xu & Rongwen Xi
Nature 455, 1119–1123
(23 October 2008); doi:10.1038/nature07329
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The mode of Hedgehog binding to Ihog homologues is not conserved across different phyla
Jason S. McLellan, Xiaoyan Zheng, Glenn Hauk, Rodolfo Ghirlando, Philip A. Beachy & Daniel J. Leahy
Nature 455, 979–983
(16 October 2008); doi:10.1038/nature07358
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Spatial control of branching within dendritic arbors by dynein-dependent transport of Rab5-endosomes
Daisuke Satoh et al.
Nature Cell Biology 10, 1164–1171
(October 2008); doi:10.1038/ncb1776
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Dynein is required for polarized dendritic transport and uniform microtubule orientation in axons
Yi Zheng et al.
Nature Cell Biology 10, 1172–1180
(October 2008); doi:10.1038/ncb1777
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Dynein branches out
Guy Tear
Nature Cell Biology 10, 1131–1132
(October 2008); doi:10.1038/ncb1008-1131
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A subset of octopaminergic neurons are important for Drosophila aggression
Chuan Zhou, Yong Rao & Yi Rao
Nature Neuroscience 11, 1059–1067
(September 2008); doi:10.1038/nn.2164
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Octopamine fuels fighting flies
Christopher J Potter & Liqun Luo
Nature Neuroscience 11, 989–990
(September 2008); doi:10.1038/nn0908-989
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EvoD/Vo: the origins of BMP signalling in the neuroectoderm
Claudia Mieko Mizutani & Ethan Bier
Nature Reviews Genetics 9, 663–677
(September 2008); doi:10.1038/nrg2417
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Type IV collagens regulate BMP signalling in Drosophila
Xiaomeng Wang, Robin E. Harris, Laura J. Bayston & Hilary L. Ashe
Nature 455, 72–77
(04 September 2008); doi:10.1038/nature07214
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Max-independent functions of Myc in Drosophila melanogaster
Dominik Steiger, Michael Furrer, Daniela Schwinkendorf & Peter Gallant
Nature Genetics 40, 1084–1091
(September 2008); doi:10.1038/ng.178
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Multipotent somatic stem cells contribute to the stem cell niche in the Drosophila testis
Justin Voog, Cecilia D’Alterio & D. Leanne Jones
Nature 454, 1132–1136
(28 August 2008); doi:10.1038/nature07173
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Modulation of intracellular trafficking regulates cell intercalation in the Drosophila trachea
Daniel D. Shaye, Jordi Casanova & Marta Llimargas
Nature Cell Biology 10, 964–970
(August 2008); doi:10.1038/ncb1756
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cAMP signalling in mushroom bodies modulates temperature preference behaviour in Drosophila
Sung-Tae Hong et al.
Nature 454, 771–775
(7 August 2008); doi:10.1038/nature07090
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brief communication
Control of thermotactic behavior via coupling of a TRP channel to a phospholipase C signaling cascade
Young Kwon, Hye-Seok Shim, Xiaoyue Wang & Craig Montell
Nature Neuroscience 11, 871–873
(August 2008); doi:10.1038/nn.2170
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The behaviour of Drosophila adult hindgut stem cells is controlled by Wnt and Hh signalling
Shigeo Takashima, Marianna Mkrtchyan, Amelia Younossi-Hartenstein, John R. Merriam & Volker Hartenstein
Nature 454, 651–655
(31 July 2008); doi:10.1038/nature07156
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Developmental biology: Our fly cousins' gut
Chrysoula Pitsouli & Norbert Perrimon
Nature 454, 592–593
(31 July 2008); doi:10.1038/454592a
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Regulation of TORC1 by Rag GTPases in nutrient response
Eunjung Kim, Pankuri Goraksha-Hicks, Li Li, Thomas P. Neufeld & Kun-Liang Guan
Nature Cell Biology 10, 935–945
(August 2008); doi:10.1038/ncb1753
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Nutrient sensing: TOR's Ragtime
Alfred J. Meijer & Patrice Codogno
Nature Cell Biology 10, 881–883
(August 2008); doi:10.1038/ncb0808-881
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Evolutionary expansion and anatomical specialization of synapse proteome complexity
Richard D Emes et al.
Nature Neuroscience 11, 799–806
doi:10.1038/nn.2135
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Mei-P26 regulates microRNAs and cell growth in the Drosophila ovarian stem cell lineage
Ralph A. Neumüller et al.
Nature 454, 241–245
(10 July 2008); doi:10.1038/nature07014
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Animal models of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia
Jürgen Götz & Lars M. Ittner
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9, 532–544
(July 2008); doi:10.1038/nrn2420
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Drosophila RalA is essential for the maintenance of Jak/Stat signalling in ovarian follicles
Christian Ghiglione, Olivier Devergne, Delphine Cerezo & Stéphane Noselli
EMBO reports 9, 676–682
doi:10.1038/embor.2008.79
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Analysis of a spatial orientation memory in Drosophila
Kirsa Neuser, Tilman Triphan, Markus Mronz, Burkhard Poeck & Roland Strauss
Nature 453, 1244–1247
(26 June 2008); doi:10.1038/nature07003
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Behavioural neuroscience: Out of sight, but not out of mind
Seth M. Tomchik & Ronald L. Davis
Nature 453, 1192–1194
(26 June 2008); doi:10.1038/4531192a
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Drosophila TRPA channel modulates sugar-stimulated neural excitation, avoidance and social response
Jie Xu, Andrew T Sornborger, Jennifer K Lee & Ping Shen
Nature Neuroscience 11, 676–682
(June 2008); doi:10.1038/nn.2119
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Drosophila endogenous small RNAs bind to Argonaute 2 in somatic cells
Yoshinori Kawamura et al.
Nature 453, 793–797
(5 June 2008); doi:10.1038/nature06938
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An endogenous small interfering RNA pathway in Drosophila
Benjamin Czech et al.
Nature 453, 798–802
(5 June 2008); doi:10.1038/nature07007
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The Drosophila hairpin RNA pathway generates endogenous short interfering RNAs
Katsutomo Okamura et al.
Nature 453, 803–806
(5 June 2008); doi:10.1038/nature07015
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Mechanisms of asymmetric cell division: flies and worms pave the way
Pierre Gönczy
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 9, 355–366
(May 2008); doi:10.1038/nrm2388
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Nucleosome organization in the Drosophila genome
Travis N. Mavrich et al.
Nature 453, 358–362
(15 May 2008); doi:10.1038/nature06929
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Lateral presynaptic inhibition mediates gain control in an olfactory circuit
Shawn R. Olsen & Rachel I. Wilson
Nature 452, 956–960
(24 April 2008); doi:10.1038/nature06864
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Insect olfactory receptors are heteromeric ligand-gated ion channels
Koji Sato et al.
Nature 452, 1002–1006
(24 April 2008); doi:10.1038/nature06850
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Drosophila odorant receptors are both ligand-gated and cyclic-nucleotide-activated cation channels
Dieter Wicher et al.
Nature 452, 1007–1011
(24 April 2008); doi:10.1038/nature06861
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Neuroscience: Current views on odour receptors
Alexander Chesler & Stuart Firestein
Nature 452, 944
(24 April 2008); doi:10.1038/452944a
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The NHL-domain protein Wech is crucial for the integrin-cytoskeleton link
Birgit Löer et al.
Nature Cell Biology 10, 422–428
(April 2008); doi:10.1038/ncb1704
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NAD synthase NMNAT acts as a chaperone to protect against neurodegeneration
R. Grace Zhai, Fan Zhang, P. Robin Hiesinger, Yu Cao, Claire M. Haueter & Hugo J. Bellen
Nature 452, 887–891
(17 April 2008); doi:10.1038/nature06721
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Drosophila STAT is required for directly maintaining HP1 localization and heterochromatin stability
Song Shi et al.
Nature Cell Biology 10, 489–496
(April 2008); doi:10.1038/ncb1713
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Drosophila short neuropeptide F signalling regulates growth by ERK-mediated insulin signalling
Kyu-Sun Lee et al.
Nature Cell Biology 10, 468–475
(April 2008); doi:10.1038/ncb1710
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Modulation of GABAA receptor desensitization uncouples sleep onset and maintenance in Drosophila
Jose Agosto, James C Choi, Katherine M Parisky, Geoffrey Stilwell, Michael Rosbash & Leslie C Griffith
Nature Neuroscience 11, 354–359
(March 2008); doi:10.1038/nn2046
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Unprotected Drosophila melanogaster telomeres activate the spindle assembly checkpoint
Mariarosaria Musarò, Laura Ciapponi, Barbara Fasulo, Maurizio Gatti & Giovanni Cenci
Nature Genetics 40, 362–366
(March 2008); doi:10.1038/ng.2007.64
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Is cell competition relevant to cancer?
Eduardo Moreno
Nature Reviews Cancer 8, 141–147
(February 2008); doi:10.1038/nrc2252
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Phagocytosis and comparative innate immunity: learning on the fly
Lynda M. Stuart & R. Alan Ezekowitz
Nature Reviews Immunology 8, 131–141
(February 2008); doi:10.1038/nri2240
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A receptor that mediates the post-mating switch in Drosophila reproductive behaviour
Nilay Yapici, Young-Joon Kim, Carlos Ribeiro & Barry J. Dickson
Nature 451, 33–37
(3 January 2008); doi:10.1038/nature06483
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