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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-11
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Two tandem Netrin genes in Drosophila are expressed at the midline of the developing CNS and in different subsets of neurons, muscles, and epidermal patches. In embryos carrying a small deficiency that deletes both genes, CNS axon commissures are partially missing or thinner. This phenotype is rescued by expressing either Netrin gene at the midline. Pan-neural expression of either gene causes disruption of commissural and longitudinal tracts, indicating that the pattern of Netrin expression is crucial and that Netrins function as instructive cues. The double mutant also shows defects in motor axon projections. Expression of either Netrin gene in all muscles also results in aberrant motor projections. Thus, Drosophila Netrins are required for the guidance of commissural axons at the midline, and of motor axons to their target muscles.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
203-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Axons, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Central Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Epidermis, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Genetic Complementation Test, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Nerve Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Neurites, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Peripheral Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8780645-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic analysis of Netrin genes in Drosophila: Netrins guide CNS commissural axons and peripheral motor axons.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley California 94720, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't