Neuronal development: neighbors have to be different.
The assembly of neurons into functional circuits requires a multitude of cellular recognition events. Recent work on the hypervariable Drosophila Dscam gene revealed how a vast number of cell adhesion proteins contributes to neuronal patterning.
Hummel
Thomas
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Institut für Neurobiologie, Badestr. 9, 48149 Münster, Germany. hummel@uni-muenster.de
D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D004330:Drosophila; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*
D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C491736:Dscam1 protein, Drosophila