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Seven-Pass Transmembrane Cadherins: Roles and Emerging Mechanisms in Axonal and Dendritic Patterning

The Flamingo/Celsr seven-transmembrane cadherins represent a conserved subgroup of the cadherin superfamily involved in multiple aspects of development. In the developing nervous system, Fmi/Celsr control axonal blueprint and dendritic morphogenesis from invertebrates to mammals. As expected from th...

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Autores principales: Berger-Müller, Sandra, Suzuki, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Humana Press Inc 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3229701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21909747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12035-011-8201-5
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Sumario:The Flamingo/Celsr seven-transmembrane cadherins represent a conserved subgroup of the cadherin superfamily involved in multiple aspects of development. In the developing nervous system, Fmi/Celsr control axonal blueprint and dendritic morphogenesis from invertebrates to mammals. As expected from their molecular structure, seven-transmembrane cadherins can induce cell–cell homophilic interactions but also intracellular signaling. Fmi/Celsr is known to regulate planar cell polarity (PCP) through interactions with PCP proteins. In the nervous system, Fmi/Celsr can function in collaboration with or independently of other PCP genes. Here, we focus on recent studies which show that seven-transmembrane cadherins use distinct molecular mechanisms to achieve diverse functions in the development of the nervous system.