Tumor suppressors: Linking cell polarity and growth control

The Drosophila tumor suppressor genes scribble, discs large and lethal giant larvae appear to act in a common pathway. Mutations in any of these genes lead to loss of apical-basal cell polarity and overproliferation of epithelia, revealing a close connection between cytoarchitecture and growth control.

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