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Drosophila ankyrin 2 is required for synaptic stability.

Neuron - 24 Apr 2008

Koch Iris, Schwarz Heinz, Beuchle Dirk, Goellner Bernd, Langegger Maria, Aberle Hermann

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Synaptic connections are stabilized through transsynaptic adhesion complexes that are anchored in the underlying cytoskeleton. The Drosophila neuromuscular junction (NMJs) serves as a model system to unravel genes required for the structural remodeling of synapses. In a mutagenesis screen for regulators of synaptic stability, we recovered mutations in Drosophila ankyrin 2 (ank2) affecting two giant Ank2 isoforms...

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PMID: 18439406
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.03.019

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