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Katanin p60-like1 promotes microtubule growth and terminal dendrite stability in the larval class IV sensory neurons of Drosophila.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 22 Aug 2012
Stewart Andrea, Tsubouchi Asako, Rolls Melissa M, Tracey W Daniel, Sherwood Nina Tang
Abstract excerpt
Dendrite shape is considered a defining component of neuronal function. Yet, the mechanisms specifying diverse dendritic morphologies, and the extent to which their function depends on these morphologies, remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate a requirement for the microtubule-severing protein katanin p60-like 1 (Kat-60L1) in regulating the elaborate dendrite morphology and nocifensive functions of Drosophila...
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