Extracellular Matrix and Its Receptors in Drosophila Neural Development
Författare
Summary, in English
Extracellular matrix (ECM) and matrix receptors are intimately involved in most biological processes. The ECM plays fundamental developmental and physiological roles in health and disease, including processes underlying the development, maintenance, and regeneration of the nervous system. To understand the principles of ECM-mediated functions in the nervous system, genetic model organisms like Drosophila provide simple, malleable, and powerful experimental platforms. This article provides an overview of ECM proteins and receptors in Drosophila. It then focuses on their roles during three progressive phases of neural development: (1) neural progenitor proliferation, (2) axonal growth and pathfinding, and (3) synapse formation and function. Each section highlights known ECM and ECM-receptor components and recent studies done in mutant conditions to reveal their in vivo functions, all illustrating the enormous opportunities provided when merging work on the nervous system with systematic research into ECM-related gene functions. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Develop Neurobiol 71: 1102-1130, 2011
Avdelning/ar
- Invertebrate Developmental Biology, Stefan Baumgartner's group
Publiceringsår
2011
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1102-1130
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Developmental Neurobiology
Volym
71
Issue
11
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Ämne
- Developmental Biology
Nyckelord
- extracellular matrix
- axonal growth
- synapse formation
- neural stem
- cells
- Drosophila
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Invertebrate Developmental Biology, Stefan Baumgartner's group
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1932-846X