Evolution in action: giant ankyrins awake.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Reporting in Developmental Cell, Stephan et al. (2015) demonstrate critical axonal and presynaptic functions from acquisition of an enormous exon by the Drosophila ank2 gene. They propose that highly elongated ank2-XL molecules, associated with the plasma membrane through spectrin and ank2-L, extend deep into the axoplasm to promote microtubule organization.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Bennett, V; Walder, K
Published Date
- April 6, 2015
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 33 / 1
Start / End Page
- 1 - 2
PubMed ID
- 25850669
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1878-1551
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.03.017
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States