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Mutations in Drosophila sec15 reveal a function in neuronal targeting for a subset of exocyst components.
Neuron - 21 Apr 2005
Mehta Sunil Q, Hiesinger P Robin, Beronja Slobodan, Zhai R Grace, Schulze Karen L, Verstreken Patrik, Cao Yu, Zhou Yi, Tepass Ulrich, Crair Michael C, Bellen Hugo J
Abstract excerpt
The exocyst is a complex of proteins originally identified in yeast that has been implicated in polarized secretion. Components of the exocyst have been implicated in neurite outgrowth, cell polarity, and cell viability. We have isolated an exocyst component, sec15, in a screen for genes required for synaptic specificity. Loss of sec15 causes a targeting defect of photoreceptors that coincides with...
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