Cytokinesis is the final separation of daughter cells after division. Membrane trafficking increases the surface area of dividing cells and may deliver cargo needed for division. The Drosophila PI4-kinase Fwd is required for spermatocyte cytokinesis and likely acts, in part, by mediating Rab11-dependent trafficking to the furrow. To further understand the mechanism of action of Fwd, I attempted to place fwd in a pathway with other cytokinesis genes encoding Rab11, phosphatidylinositol transfer protein and a subunit of the exocyst. I also investigated a potential role for the Rab11 interacting protein dRip11 in cytokinesis. My results suggest that Rab11, like Fwd, is required for cell integrity during cytokinesis and that the Rab11 interacting protein Nuf is an important candidate to investigate along with dRip11 as a relevant Fwd/Rab11 effector during this highly conserved process.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OTU.1807/32570 |
| Date | 25 July 2012 |
| Creators | Cyprys, Anya |
| Contributors | Brill, Julie |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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