Drosophila spastin regulates synaptic microtubule networks and is required for normal motor function

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Sherwood, Nina Tang ^a   Sun, Qi ^a,c   Xue, Mingshan ^b,d   Zhang, Bing ^b   Zinn, Kai ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Cornell Theory Center ^*  (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SPASTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SPASTIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; CLIMBING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROSOPHILA; FLYING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LARVA; LIFESPAN; MICROTUBULE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SYNAPSE; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; TIME;

MAMMALIA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONGEVITY; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13944280702     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020429     Document Type: Article

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