Drosophila neuromuscular synapse assembly and function require the TGF-β type I receptor saxophone and the transcription factor Mad

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 134-150

  Rawson, Joel M ^a,b   Lee, Michael ^a   Kennedy, Eric L ^a   Selleck, Scott B ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurogenetics; Neuromuscular junction; Physiology; Synaptic development; TGF

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; LIGAND; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAD; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2 RECEPTOR SAXOPHONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA; GENE ISOLATION; INVERTEBRATE; LIGAND BINDING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE; WISHFUL THINKING GENE;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037402581     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10189     Document Type: Article

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