Erratum: A Novel, Noncanonical BMP Pathway Modulates Synapse Maturation at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction (PLoS Genet(2016)12: 1(e1005810)Doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005810);A Novel, Noncanonical BMP Pathway Modulates Synapse Maturation at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sulkowski, Mikolaj J ^a   Han, Tae Hee ^a   Ott, Carolyn ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Verheyen, Esther M ^b   Lippincott Schwartz, Jennifer ^a   Serpe, Mihaela ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR SUBTYPE A; SMAD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ORGANOGENESIS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ORGANOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84958729912     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PGEN.1007343     Document Type: Erratum

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