Gene Review:
beta-Spec - beta Spectrin
Drosophila melanogaster
Synonyms:
B-spec, CG5870, Dmel\CG5870, SPEC8, Spec, ...
- Beta spectrin kissimmee: a spectrin variant associated with autosomal dominant hereditary spherocytosis and defective binding to protein 4.1. Becker, P.S., Tse, W.T., Lux, S.E., Forget, B.G. J. Clin. Invest. (1993)
- A postsynaptic Spectrin scaffold defines active zone size, spacing, and efficacy at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. Pielage, J., Fetter, R.D., Davis, G.W. J. Cell Biol. (2006)
- Spectrin functions upstream of ankyrin in a spectrin cytoskeleton assembly pathway. Das, A., Base, C., Dhulipala, S., Dubreuil, R.R. J. Cell Biol. (2006)
- Drosophila beta spectrin functions independently of alpha spectrin to polarize the Na,K ATPase in epithelial cells. Dubreuil, R.R., Wang, P., Dahl, S., Lee, J., Goldstein, L.S. J. Cell Biol. (2000)
- Distinct functions of {alpha}-Spectrin and {beta}-Spectrin during axonal pathfinding. Hülsmeier, J., Pielage, J., Rickert, C., Technau, G.M., Klämbt, C., Stork, T. Development (2007)
- Apical spectrin is essential for epithelial morphogenesis but not apicobasal polarity in Drosophila. Zarnescu, D.C., Thomas, G.H. J. Cell Biol. (1999)
- The complete sequence of Drosophila beta-spectrin reveals supra-motifs comprising eight 106-residue segments. Byers, T.J., Brandin, E., Lue, R.A., Winograd, E., Branton, D. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1992)
- {beta}-Spectrin functions independently of Ankyrin to regulate the establishment and maintenance of axon connections in the Drosophila embryonic CNS. Garbe, D.S., Das, A., Dubreuil, R.R., Bashaw, G.J. Development (2007)
- The spectrin super-family. Dhermy, D. Biol. Cell (1991)
- alpha-Spectrin is required for ovarian follicle monolayer integrity in Drosophila melanogaster. Lee, J.K., Brandin, E., Branton, D., Goldstein, L.S. Development (1997)
- The role of PAR-1 in regulating the polarised microtubule cytoskeleton in the Drosophila follicular epithelium. Doerflinger, H., Benton, R., Shulman, J.M., St Johnston, D. Development (2003)
- Solution structural studies on human erythrocyte alpha-spectrin tetramerization site. Park, S., Caffrey, M.S., Johnson, M.E., Fung, L.W. J. Biol. Chem. (2003)
- Mutation of a highly conserved isoleucine disrupts hydrophobic interactions in the alpha beta spectrin self-association binding site. Gallagher, P.G., Zhang, Z., Morrow, J.S., Forget, B.G. Lab. Invest. (2004)
- Segregation of two spectrin isoforms: polarized membrane-binding sites direct polarized membrane skeleton assembly. Dubreuil, R.R., Maddux, P.B., Grushko, T.A., MacVicar, G.R. Mol. Biol. Cell (1997)
- A beta-spectrin isoform from Drosophila (beta H) is similar in size to vertebrate dystrophin. Dubreuil, R.R., Byers, T.J., Stewart, C.T., Kiehart, D.P. J. Cell Biol. (1990)
- Drosophila development requires spectrin network formation. Deng, H., Lee, J.K., Goldstein, L.S., Branton, D. J. Cell Biol. (1995)