Movie 1.
An ommatidium in a retina imaged from 35 to 43 h APF. LifeactGFP labels Factin, driven by GMR-GAL4. Expression of LifeactGFP was inconsistent in CCs, and bristles are also not labelled in the ommatidia shown. ARAFs become increasingly dense and organized over time. Resolution of F-actin when imaged in the live eye is lower than when imaged in tissue dissected from the pupal head.
Generation and maintenance of apical rib-like actin fibers in epithelial support cells of the Drosophila eye
Development 2026. 153:None-None; doi: 10.1242/dev.204931