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The Drosophila ARF6-GEF Schizo controls commissure formation by regulating Slit.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jun 2004
Onel Susanne, Bolke Liane, Klämbt Christian
Abstract excerpt
The CNS of bilateral symmetric organisms is characterized by intensive contralateral axonal connections. Genetic screens in Drosophila have identified only a few genes required for guiding commissural growth cones toward and across the midline. Two evolutionarily conserved signaling molecules, Netrin and Slit, are expressed in the CNS midline cells. Netrin acts primarily as an attractive signaling cue, whereas...
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