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Loss of the spectraplakin short stop activates the DLK injury response pathway in Drosophila.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 6 Nov 2013
Valakh Vera, Walker Lauren J, Skeath James B, DiAntonio Aaron
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The MAPKKK dual leucine zipper-containing kinase (DLK, Wallenda in Drosophila) is an evolutionarily conserved component of the axonal injury response pathway. After nerve injury, DLK promotes degeneration of distal axons and regeneration of proximal axons. This dual role in coordinating degeneration and regeneration suggests that DLK may be a sensor of axon injury, and so understanding how DLK is activated is...
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