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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-31
pubmed:abstractText
Members of the Cas family of Src homology 3 (SH3)-domain-containing cytosolic signaling proteins are crucial regulators of actin cytoskeletal dynamics in non-neuronal cells; however, their neuronal functions are poorly understood. Here, we identify a Drosophila Cas (DCas), find that Cas proteins are highly expressed in neurons and show that DCas is required for correct axon guidance during development. Functional analyses reveal that Cas specifies axon guidance by regulating the degree of fasciculation among axons. These guidance defects are similar to those observed in integrin mutants, and genetic analysis shows that integrins function together with Cas to facilitate axonal defasciculation. These results strongly support Cas proteins working together with integrins in vivo to direct axon guidance events.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
134
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2337-47
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Axons, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Crk-Associated Substrate Protein, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Embryonic Development, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Integrins, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:17537798-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Crk-associated substrate (Cas) signaling protein functions with integrins to specify axon guidance during development.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Basic Neuroscience, Department of Pharmacology, NA4.301/5323 Harry Hines Blvd, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural