Table 1.

Key Drosophila Planar Cell Polarity Genes

Drosophila gene	synonyms	Vertebrate	Comments	Key Drosophila References
fz		fz (1,2,3,6)	7 transmembrane domains	(Strutt, 2001; Vinson and Adler, 1987; Vinson et al., 1989)*
dsh		Dvl (1,2,3)	PDZ, Dix domains	(Axelrod, 2001; Klingensmith et al., 1994; Theisen et al., 1994)
dgo		Inversin diversin	Ankyrin repeat	(Feiguin et al., 2001)
stan	fmi	Celsr	Cadherin domains, 7 transmembrane domains	(Chae et al., 1999; Usui et al., 1999)
pk		pk (1,2)	Lim domain, PET domain	(Gubb et al., 1999; Tree et al., 2002)
Vang	stbm	Vangl (1,2)	4 transmembrane domains	(Taylor et al., 1998; Wolff and Rubin, 1998)
in		into	PDZ domain	(Adler et al., 2004; Park et al., 1996)
fy		fuz		(Collier and Gubb, 1997; Strutt and Warrington, 2008)
frtz		frtz	WD40 domain	(Collier et al., 2005)
mwh		none	GBD-FH3	(Strutt and Warrington, 2008; Yan et al., 2008)
ds		Dchs1	Cadherin domains	(Adler et al., 1998; Casal et al., 2006; Clark et al., 1995; Ma et al., 2003; Matakatsu and Blair, 2006; Simon, 2004)
ft		Fat	Cadherin domains	(Adler et al., 1998; Casal et al., 2006; Ma et al., 2003; Mahoney et al., 1991; Matakatsu and Blair, 2006; Simon, 2004)
fj		Fj	Golgi kinase	(Simon et al., 2010; Villano and Katz, 1995; Zeidler et al., 1999)
Rho1		RhoA	GTPase	(Strutt et al., 1997; Yan et al., 2009)