Cell Polarity & Epithelial Morphogenesis Laboratory, Medical Research Council, LMCB, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Curr Biol. 2013 Jul 22;23(14):R613-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.06.036.
The Flower protein family is part of a cell-cell communication pathway that regulates cell competition, in which fit cells eliminate less fit neighbors. A new study demonstrates that this pathway can also govern the culling of unwanted neurons during development.
花蛋白家族是细胞间通讯途径的一部分，该途径调节细胞竞争，在此过程中，健康的细胞会清除功能较差的邻近细胞。一项新的研究表明，该途径还可以控制发育过程中不需要的神经元的清除。
