Superfamilia de Ig Pares de ligandos y receptores expresados en socios sinápticos en Drosophila

Liming Tan1, Kelvin Xi Zhang1, Matthew Y Pecot1

  • 1Department of Biological Chemistry, HHMI, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Cell
|December 22, 2015
PubMed
Resumen

Las moléculas de reconocimiento celular guían conexiones sinápticas precisas en el sistema visual de Drosophila. Los investigadores identificaron las proteínas Dpr y DIP como actores clave para garantizar que las neuronas se conecten a las capas correctas.

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