Drosophila Syncrip modulates the expression of mRNAs encoding key synaptic proteins required for morphology at the neuromuscular junction

RNA

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1593-1606

  McDermott, Suzanne M ^a,b   Yang, Lu ^a   Halstead, James M ^a,c   Hamilton, Russell S ^a,d   Meignin, Carine ^a,e   Davis, Ilan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^d CEGX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Localized translation; MRNA localization; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; NEUREXIN; POLYADENYLIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SPECTRIN; SYNCRIP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LARVA; MORPHOGENESIS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84907210475     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.045849.114     Document Type: Article

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