Article
SkpA restrains synaptic terminal growth during development and promotes axonal degeneration following injury.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 18 Jun 2014
Brace E J, Wu Chunlai, Valakh Vera, DiAntonio Aaron
Abstract excerpt
The Wallenda (Wnd)/dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK)-Jnk pathway is an evolutionarily conserved MAPK signaling pathway that functions during neuronal development and following axonal injury. Improper pathway activation causes defects in axonal guidance and synaptic growth, whereas loss-of-function mutations in pathway components impairs axonal regeneration and degeneration after injury. Regulation of this pathway...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Axons
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Male
- Mutation
- Nerve Degeneration
- Presynaptic Terminals
- SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases
