PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tanaka, Kentaro M.
AU  - Takahashi, Aya
AU  - Fuse, Naoyuki
AU  - Takano-Shimizu-Kouno, Toshiyuki
TI  - A Novel Cell Death Gene Acts to Repair Patterning Defects in <em>Drosophila melanogaster</em>
AID  - 10.1534/genetics.114.163337
DP  - 2014 Jun 01
TA  - Genetics
PG  - 739--742
VI  - 197
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.genetics.org/content/197/2/739.short
4100  - http://www.genetics.org/content/197/2/739.full
SO  - Genetics2014 Jun 01; 197
AB  - Cell death is a mechanism utilized by organisms to eliminate excess cells during development. Here, we describe a novel regulator of caspase-independent cell death, Mabiki (Mabi), that is involved in the repair of the head patterning defects caused by extra copies of bicoid in Drosophila melanogaster. Mabiki functions together with caspase-dependent cell death mechanisms to provide robustness during development.