Gene Review:
Dys - Dystrophin
Drosophila melanogaster
Synonyms:
CG17750, CG31175, CG34157, CG7240, CG7243, ...
- Dystrophin is required for appropriate retrograde control of neurotransmitter release at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. van der Plas, M.C., Pilgram, G.S., Plomp, J.J., de Jong, A., Fradkin, L.G., Noordermeer, J.N. J. Neurosci. (2006)
- Embryonic expression patterns of the Drosophila dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex orthologs. Dekkers, L.C., van der Plas, M.C., van Loenen, P.B., den Dunnen, J.T., van Ommen, G.J., Fradkin, L.G., Noordermeer, J.N. Gene Expr. Patterns (2004)
- Dissecting muscle and neuronal disorders in a Drosophila model of muscular dystrophy. Shcherbata, H.R., Yatsenko, A.S., Patterson, L., Sood, V.D., Nudel, U., Yaffe, D., Baker, D., Ruohola-Baker, H. EMBO J. (2007)
- Kakapo, a novel cytoskeletal-associated protein is essential for the restricted localization of the neuregulin-like factor, vein, at the muscle-tendon junction site. Strumpf, D., Volk, T. J. Cell Biol. (1998)
- Isolation and characterization of a Drosophila gene essential for early embryonic development and formation of cortical cleavage furrows. Zhang, C.X., Lee, M.P., Chen, A.D., Brown, S.D., Hsieh, T. J. Cell Biol. (1996)
- Dystroglycan is required for polarizing the epithelial cells and the oocyte in Drosophila. Deng, W.M., Schneider, M., Frock, R., Castillejo-Lopez, C., Gaman, E.A., Baumgartner, S., Ruohola-Baker, H. Development (2003)
- The Drosophila homologue of the dystrophin gene - introns containing promoters are the major contributors to the large size of the gene. Neuman, S., Kovalio, M., Yaffe, D., Nudel, U. FEBS Lett. (2005)
- The dystrotelin, dystrophin and dystrobrevin superfamily: new paralogues and old isoforms. Jin, H., Tan, S., Hermanowski, J., Böhm, S., Pacheco, S., McCauley, J.M., Greener, M.J., Hinits, Y., Hughes, S.M., Sharpe, P.T., Roberts, R.G. BMC Genomics (2007)
- A Drosophila dystrophin-related protein, MSP-300, is required for embryonic muscle morphogenesis. Rosenberg-Hasson, Y., Renert-Pasca, M., Volk, T. Mech. Dev. (1996)
- Perlecan and Dystroglycan act at the basal side of the Drosophila follicular epithelium to maintain epithelial organization. Schneider, M., Khalil, A.A., Poulton, J., Castillejo-Lopez, C., Egger-Adam, D., Wodarz, A., Deng, W.M., Baumgartner, S. Development (2006)
- Presence of invertebrate dystrophin-like products in obliquely striated muscle of the leech, Pontobdella muricata (Annelida, Hirudinea). Royuela, M., Paniagua, R., Rivier, F., Hugon, G., Robert, A., Mornet, D. Histochem. J. (1999)
- 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)
- kakapo, a gene required for adhesion between and within cell layers in Drosophila, encodes a large cytoskeletal linker protein related to plectin and dystrophin. Gregory, S.L., Brown, N.H. J. Cell Biol. (1998)
- Phasing the conformational unit of spectrin. Winograd, E., Hume, D., Branton, D. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1991)