Importin-β11 regulates synaptic phosphorylated mothers against decapentaplegic, and thereby influences synaptic development and function at the drosophila neuromuscular junction

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5253-5268

  Higashi Kovtun, Misao E ^a,b   Mosca, Timothy J ^a,b   Dickman, Dion K ^a,b,d   Meinertzhagen, Ian A ^c   Schwarz, Thomas L ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 1; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; IMPORTIN BETA11; KARYOPHERIN BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN; MAD PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENE; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTOSOME; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSOL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; KARYOPHERINS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77950987081     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3739-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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