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Citation Fambrough, D., Pan, D., Rubin, G.M., Goodman, C.S. (1996). The cell surface metalloprotease/disintegrin Kuzbanian is required for axonal extension in Drosophila.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93(23): 13233--13238. (Export to RIS)
FlyBase ID FBrf0090545
Publication Type Research paper
PubMed ID 8917574
PubMed Abstract It has long been suspected that proteolytic activity associated with advancing growth cones may be required for axon extension. We have isolated mutations in the kuzbanian (kuz) gene, which is expressed in the nervous system and encodes a putative zinc metalloprotease with a disintegrin domain. Drosophila embryos with loss-of-function mutations in kuz have dramatic defects in the development of central nervous system axon pathways, with many axons stalling and failing to extend through the nerve cord. This phenotype is rescued by panneural expression of kuz mRNA in the embryo. These results show that the Kuz metalloprotease is required for axon extension, suggesting a requirement for proteolytic activity at the growth cone surface.
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Abbreviation Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
Title Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Publication Year 1915-
ISBN/ISSN 0027-8424
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