Research
Organ Specification and Homeostasis
Drosophila salivary gland (SG) formation requires the Hox transcription factors, Sex combs reduced (Scr), Extradenticle (Exd) and Homothorax (Hth); in...
Secretory Capacity and Specificity
The Andrew Lab has discovered that the CrebA/Creb3-like bZIP transcription factors are direct...
Salivary gland and trachea morphogenesis
Salivary glands begin as two dimensional plates of ~144 polarized ectodermal cells each on the ventral surface of the embryo....
Development and Disease Control
Mosquitoes and other insects are vectors for malaria, leishmaniasis, lyme disease, sleeping sickness, river blindness, Dengue fever and Zika -...