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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
A dynamic actin cytoskeleton is essential for the remodeling of cell shape during development, but the specific roles of many actin partners remain unclear. Here we characterize a novel actin binding protein, Ciboulot (Cib), which plays a major role in axonal growth during Drosophila brain metamorphosis. Loss of Cib function leads to axonal growth defects in the central brain, while overexpression of the gene during development leads to overgrown projections. The Cib protein displays strong sequence similarity to beta-thymosins but has biochemical properties like profilin: the Cib-actin complex participates in actin filament assembly exclusively at the barbed end, and Cib enhances actin-based motility in vitro. Genetic experiments show that Cib and the Drosophila profilin protein Chickadee (Chic) cooperate in central brain metamorphosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
797-808
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Contractile Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Listeria monocytogenes, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Metamorphosis, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Movement, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Mutagenesis, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Profilins, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11030623-Thymosin
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Ciboulot regulates actin assembly during Drosophila brain metamorphosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire Développement, Evolution, et Plasticité du Système Nerveux, Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't