Article
Genetic analysis of the mechanisms controlling target selection: complementary and combinatorial functions of netrins, semaphorins, and IgCAMs.
Cell - 15 May 1998
Winberg M L, Mitchell K J, Goodman C S
Abstract excerpt
The molecular mechanisms controlling the ability of motor axons to recognize their appropriate muscle targets were dissected using Drosophila genetics to add or subtract Netrin A, Netrin B, Semaphorin II, and Fasciclin II alone or in combination. Fas II and Sema II are expressed by all muscles wh...
Topics
- Animals
- Axons
- Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Efferent Pathways
- Motor Neurons
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Mutation
- Nerve Growth Factors
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Synapses