Movie 3
Epithelial cells expressing Tubulin:EGFP are shown in a wild-type and in a shot null mutant embryo. White arrows indicate MTs growing into protrusions. MTs are abnormally long and curled at the leading edge of shot null mutant DME cells. The emergence of abnormal MTs extends throughout the entire leading front of the dorsal epithelium.
The spectraplakin Short stop is an essential microtubule regulator involved in epithelial closure in Drosophila
J Cell Sci 2017. 130:712-724; doi: 10.1242/jcs.193003