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Mutations in masquerade, a novel serine-protease-like molecule, affect axonal guidance and taste behavior in Drosophila.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Jun 1996
Murugasu-Oei B, Balakrishnan R, Yang X, Chia W, Rodrigues V
Abstract excerpt
The masquerade (mas) locus encodes an extracellular molecule with a striking similarity to serine proteases. The serine residue, which is essential for enzymatic activity, has been substituted by glycine, suggesting that MAS could serve to antagonize serine protease activity [Murugasu-Oei et al. (1995), Genes Dev. 9, 139-154]. We describe the expression pattern of mas mRNA and protein in the developing embryonic,...
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