Gene Review:
kst - karst
Drosophila melanogaster
Synonyms:
CG12008, Dmel\CG12008, Kst, Spec-beta[[H]], beta-Spectrin, ...
- Drosophila betaHeavy-spectrin is essential for development and contributes to specific cell fates in the eye. Thomas, G.H., Zarnescu, D.C., Juedes, A.E., Bales, M.A., Londergan, A., Korte, C.C., Kiehart, D.P. Development (1998)
- Expression of crumbs confers apical character on plasma membrane domains of ectodermal epithelia of Drosophila. Wodarz, A., Hinz, U., Engelbert, M., Knust, E. Cell (1995)
- 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)
- Crumbs interacts with moesin and beta(Heavy)-spectrin in the apical membrane skeleton of Drosophila. Médina, E., Williams, J., Klipfell, E., Zarnescu, D., Thomas, G., Le Bivic, A. J. Cell Biol. (2002)
- Apical spectrin is essential for epithelial morphogenesis but not apicobasal polarity in Drosophila. Zarnescu, D.C., Thomas, G.H. J. Cell Biol. (1999)
- {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)
- Genetic studies of spectrin: new life for a ghost protein. Dubreuil, R.R., Grushko, T. Bioessays (1998)
- Beta heavy-spectrin has a restricted tissue and subcellular distribution during Drosophila embryogenesis. Thomas, G.H., Kiehart, D.P. Development (1994)
- The C-terminal domain of Drosophila (beta) heavy-spectrin exhibits autonomous membrane association and modulates membrane area. Williams, J.A., MacIver, B., Klipfell, E.A., Thomas, G.H. J. Cell. Sci. (2004)
- A Drosophila homologue of membrane-skeleton protein 4.1 is associated with septate junctions and is encoded by the coracle gene. Fehon, R.G., Dawson, I.A., Artavanis-Tsakonas, S. Development (1994)
- Brush border spectrin is required for early endosome recycling in Drosophila. Phillips, M.D., Thomas, G.H. J. Cell. Sci. (2006)
- sma-1 encodes a betaH-spectrin homolog required for Caenorhabditis elegans morphogenesis. McKeown, C., Praitis, V., Austin, J. Development (1998)