Motor axon guidance in Drosophila.
Axon guidance
Beaten path
Drosophila
Frazzled
Guidance receptor
Motoneuron
Motor neuron
Motor system
Netrin
Plexin
Receptor protein phosphatase
Robo
Sema
Sidestep
Slit
Transcription
Unc-5
Journal
Seminars in cell & developmental biology
ISSN: 1096-3634
Titre abrégé: Semin Cell Dev Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9607332
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2019
01 2019
Historique:
received:
20
09
2017
accepted:
10
11
2017
pubmed:
21
11
2017
medline:
15
5
2019
entrez:
21
11
2017
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Drosophila motor system starts to assemble during embryonic development. It is composed of 30 muscles per abdominal hemisegment and 36 motor neurons assembling into nerve branches to exit the CNS, navigate within the muscle field and finally establish specific connections with their target muscles. Several families of guidance molecules that play a role controlling this process as well as transcriptional regulators that program the behavior of specific motor neuron have been identified. In this review we summarize the role of both groups of molecules in the motor system as well as their relationship where known. It is apparent that partially redundant guidance protein families and membrane molecules with different functional output direct guidance decisions cooperatively. Some distinct transcriptional regulators seem to control guidance of specific nerve branches globally directing the expression of groups of pathfinding molecules in all motor neurons within the same motor branch.
Identifiants
pubmed: 29155221
pii: S1084-9521(17)30297-5
doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.11.013
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Drosophila Proteins
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
36-47Informations de copyright
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