Jordi Casanova

On mixing at the core-envelope interface during classical nova outbursts (2010)

Casanova, Jordi, Jose, Jordi, Garcia-Berro, Enrique, Calder, Alan, Shore, Steven N.

Classical novae are powered by thermonuclear runaways that occur on the white dwarf component of close binary systems. During these violent stellar events, whose energy release is only exceeded by...

The RhoGAP crossveinless-c links trachealess and EGFR signaling to cell shape remodeling in Drosophila tracheal invagination (2006)

Brodu, Véronique, Casanova, Jordi

A major issue in morphogenesis is to understand how the activity of genes specifying cell fate affects cytoskeletal components that modify cell shape and induce cell movements. Here, we approach this...

Cell surface proteins Nasrat and Polehole stabilize the Torso-like extracellular determinant in Drosophila oogenesis

Jiménez, Gerardo, González-Reyes, Acaimo, Casanova, Jordi

Structural cell-surface and extracellular-matrix proteins modulate intercellular signaling events during development, but how this is achieved remains largely unknown. Here we identify a novel family...

Relief of gene repression by Torso RTK signaling: role of capicua in Drosophila terminal and dorsoventral patterning

Jiménez, Gerardo, Guichet, Antoine, Ephrussi, Anne, Casanova, Jordi

Differentiation of the embryonic termini in Drosophila depends on signaling by the Tor RTK, which induces terminal gene expression by inactivating at the embryonic poles a uniformly distributed...

Developmental analysis of a hybrid gene composed of parts of the Ubx and abd-A genes of Drosophila

Casanova, Jordi, Sánchez-Herrero, Ernesto, Morata, Ginés

C1 is a mutation in the bithorax complex (BX-C) of Drosophila resulting from the deletion of parts of the Ubx and abd-A genes. We show that the `hybrid' gene formed by the fusion of the remaining...

The GAGA factor of Drosophila interacts with SAP18, a Sin3-associated polypeptide

Espinás, Maria Lluïsa, Canudas, Sílvia, Fanti, Laura, Pimpinelli, Sergio, Casanova, Jordi, Azorín, Fernando

SAP18, a polypeptide associated with the Sin3–HDAC co-repressor complex, was identified in a yeast two-hybrid screen as capable of interacting with the Drosophila GAGA factor. The interaction was...

Specific tracheal migration is mediated by complementary expression of cell surface proteins

Boube, Muriel, Martin-Bermudo, Maria D., Brown, Nicholas H., Casanova, Jordi

Migration of the Drosophila tracheal cells relies on cues provided by nearby cells; however, little is known about how these signals specify a migratory path. Here we investigate the role of cell...

Cell surface proteins Nasrat and Polehole stabilize the Torso-like extracellular determinant in Drosophila oogenesis

Jiménez, Gerardo, González-Reyes, Acaimo, Casanova, Jordi

Structural cell-surface and extracellular-matrix proteins modulate intercellular signaling events during development, but how this is achieved remains largely unknown. Here we identify a novel family...

Specific tracheal migration is mediated by complementary expression of cell surface proteins

Boube, Muriel, Martin-Bermudo, Maria D., Brown, Nicholas H., Casanova, Jordi

Migration of the Drosophila tracheal cells relies on cues provided by nearby cells; however, little is known about how these signals specify a migratory path. Here we investigate the role of cell...

Relief of gene repression by Torso RTK signaling: role of capicua in Drosophila terminal and dorsoventral patterning

Jiménez, Gerardo, Guichet, Antoine, Ephrussi, Anne, Casanova, Jordi

Differentiation of the embryonic termini in Drosophila depends on signaling by the Tor RTK, which induces terminal gene expression by inactivating at the embryonic poles a uniformly distributed...

Developmental analysis of a hybrid gene composed of parts of the Ubx and abd-A genes of Drosophila

Casanova, Jordi, Sánchez-Herrero, Ernesto, Morata, Ginés

C1 is a mutation in the bithorax complex (BX-C) of Drosophila resulting from the deletion of parts of the Ubx and abd-A genes. We show that the `hybrid' gene formed by the fusion of the remaining...

The GAGA factor of Drosophila interacts with SAP18, a Sin3-associated polypeptide

Espinás, Maria Lluïsa, Canudas, Sílvia, Fanti, Laura, Pimpinelli, Sergio, Casanova, Jordi, Azorín, Fernando

SAP18, a polypeptide associated with the Sin3–HDAC co-repressor complex, was identified in a yeast two-hybrid screen as capable of interacting with the Drosophila GAGA factor. The interaction was...

The RhoGAP crossveinless-c links trachealess and EGFR signaling to cell shape remodeling in Drosophila tracheal invagination

Brodu, Véronique, Casanova, Jordi

A major issue in morphogenesis is to understand how the activity of genes specifying cell fate affects cytoskeletal components that modify cell shape and induce cell movements. Here, we approach this...

Two distinct but convergent groups of cells trigger Torso receptor tyrosine kinase activation by independently expressing torso-like

Furriols, Marc, Ventura, Gemma, Casanova, Jordi

Cell fate determination is often the outcome of specific interactions between adjacent cells. However, cells frequently change positions during development, and thus signaling molecules might be...

The emergence of shape: notions from the study of the Drosophila tracheal system

Casanova, Jordi

The generation of bodies and body parts with specific shapes and sizes has been a longstanding issue in biology. Morphogenesis in general and organogenesis in particular are complex events that...