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2019

Drosophila

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Hit And Run Versus Long-Term Activation Of Parp-1 By Its Different Domains Fine-Tunes Nuclear Processes., Colin Thomas, Md, Yingbiao Ji, Chao Wu, Haily Datz, Cody Boyle, Brett Macleod, Shri Patel, Michelle Ampofo, Michelle Currie, Jonathan Harbin, Kate Pechenkina, Niraj Lodhi, Sarah J. Johnson, Alexei V. Tulin May 2019

Hit And Run Versus Long-Term Activation Of Parp-1 By Its Different Domains Fine-Tunes Nuclear Processes., Colin Thomas, Md, Yingbiao Ji, Chao Wu, Haily Datz, Cody Boyle, Brett Macleod, Shri Patel, Michelle Ampofo, Michelle Currie, Jonathan Harbin, Kate Pechenkina, Niraj Lodhi, Sarah J. Johnson, Alexei V. Tulin

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1) is a multidomain multifunctional nuclear enzyme involved in the regulation of the chromatin structure and transcription. PARP-1 consists of three functional domains: the N-terminal DNA-binding domain (DBD) containing three zinc fingers, the automodification domain (A), and the C-terminal domain, which includes the protein interacting WGR domain (W) and the catalytic (Cat) subdomain responsible for the poly(ADP ribosyl)ating reaction. The mechanisms coordinating the functions of these domains and determining the positioning of PARP-1 in chromatin remain unknown. Using multiple deletional isoforms of PARP-1, lacking one or another of its three domains, as well as consisting of only …


The Tenets Of Teneurin: Conserved Mechanisms Regulate Diverse Developmental Processes In The Drosophila Nervous System, Alison T. Depew, Michael A. Aimino, Timothy J. Mosca Jan 2019

The Tenets Of Teneurin: Conserved Mechanisms Regulate Diverse Developmental Processes In The Drosophila Nervous System, Alison T. Depew, Michael A. Aimino, Timothy J. Mosca

Department of Neuroscience Faculty Papers

To successfully integrate a neuron into a circuit, a myriad of developmental events must occur correctly and in the correct order. Neurons must be born and grow out toward a destination, responding to guidance cues to direct their path. Once arrived, each neuron must segregate to the correct sub-region before sorting through a milieu of incorrect partners to identify the correct partner with which they can connect. Finally, the neuron must make a synaptic connection with their correct partner; a connection that needs to be broadly maintained throughout the life of the animal while remaining responsive to modes of plasticity …