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Nature Cell Biology 7, 691–697 (1 July 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncb1271

Diego and Prickle regulate Frizzled planar cell polarity signalling by competing for Dishevelled binding

Andreas Jenny , Jessica Reynolds-Kenneally , Gishnu Das , Micheal Burnett & Marek Mlodzik

Epithelial planar cell polarity (PCP) is evident in the cellular organization of many tissues in vertebrates and invertebrates. In mammals, PCP signalling governs convergent extension during gastrulation and the organization of a wide variety of structures, including the orientation of body hair and sensory hair cells of the inner ear.