Genetic analysis of a novel tubulin mutation that redirects synaptic vesicle targeting and causes neurite degeneration in C. elegans.

Neuronal cargos are differentially targeted to either axons or dendrites, and this polarized cargo targeting critically depends on the interaction between microtubules and molecular motors. From a forward mutagenesis screen, we identified a gain-of-function mutation in the C. elegans α-tubulin gene...

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Main Authors: Jiun-Min Hsu, Chun-Hao Chen, Yen-Chih Chen, Kent L McDonald, Mark Gurling, Albert Lee, Gian Garriga, Chun-Liang Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4230729?pdf=render