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Victoria C. Placentra

Emory UniversityORCID 0000-0003-2879-3690Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1

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Kenneth H. MobergiD· 2 shared Chloe C WellsiD· 1 shared Colby K. SchweibenziD· 1 shared Shilpi VergheseiD· 1 shared Tod ButenschoniD· 1 shared

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Cell BiologybioRxivPreprintOct 29, 2026

An interaction between Yorkie and Taiman transcriptional coactivators regulates niche-to-stem cell BMP signaling in the female Drosophila germline

Chloe C Wells, Victoria C. Placentra, Shilpi Verghese…·Kenneth H. Moberg

This study shows that the Yki:Tai interaction in Drosophila germline niche escort cells regulates BMP signaling and maintains stem cell fate by controlling Dpp ligand spread.

DOI 10.64898/2026.10.28.762554

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintMar 31, 2024

The Drosophila EcR-Hippo component Taiman promotes epithelial cell fitness by control of the Dally-like glypican and Wg gradient

Colby K. Schweibenz, Victoria C. Placentra, Kenneth H. Moberg

The paper shows that Taiman promotes epithelial cell fitness by controlling the Wg gradient through Dally-like glypican, leading to cell competition in Drosophila wing discs.

DOI 10.1101/2024.03.31.587486

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