The Germ Cell-Less (GCL) protein is a key regulator of primordial germ cell (PGC) formation in Drosophila embryos. Reporting in this issue of Developmental Cell, Pae et al. (2017) show that GCL blocks somatic cell fate by specifically destroying the Torso Receptor Tyrosine Kinase. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Lynn Cooley. How Primordial Germ Cells Destroy Somatic Signals. Developmental cell. 2017 Jul 24;42(2):107-108
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