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The combinatorial guidance activities of draxin and Tsukushi are essential for forebrain commissure formation.
Developmental biology - 1 Feb 2013
Hossain Mahmud, Ahmed Giasuddin, Naser Iftekhar Bin, Shinmyo Yohei, Ito Ayako, Riyadh M Asrafuzzaman, Felemban Athary, Song Xiaohong, Ohta Kunimasa, Tanaka Hideaki
Abstract excerpt
We have shown that draxin is a repulsive axon guidance molecule for a variety of neuron classes and that genetic deletion of draxin in mice results in the absence of all forebrain commissures. Moreover, we also identified a secreted molecule, Tsukushi (TSK), that belongs to the small leucine-rich proteoglycan family (SLRP) and inhibits signaling molecules, such as BMP and Wnt. TSK knockout mice show malformation...
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