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677B
Dissecting the
cis
-regulatory enhancers that control the POU-domain
transcription factor genes,
pdm-1
and
pdm-2
.
Jermaine Ross, Thomas
Brody, Mukta Kundu, Alexander Kuzin, Ward F. Odenwald.
NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
678C
Molecular basis of the production of neuronal diversity in the
Drosphipha visual center.
Takumi Suzuki, Masako Kaido, Rie
Takayama, Makoto Sato.
Frontier Science Organization, Kanazawa
University, Kanazawa, Japan.
679A
Drosophila
motor neuron retraction mediated by inputs from TGF-
β/BMP signaling and orphan nuclear receptors.
Jean-Maurice Dura
1
,
Ana Boulanger
1
, Morgane Farge
1
, Christophe Ramanoudjame
1
,
Kristi Wharton
1,2
.
1) Inst of Human Genetics, CNRS/UPR 1142,
Montpellier , France; 2) Dept of Molecular Biology, Brown University,
Providence, RI, USA.
680B
Axonal transport and synaptic function are linked in two Drosophila
disease models of neurodegeneration.
Shermali Gunawardena
1
, Min
Jung Kang
1
, Monique Michiewicz
2
, Hong Bao
1
, Samantha Fye
1
,
Tadeusz J. Kaczynski
2
, Bing Zhang
1
, Shermali Gunawardena
1
.
1)
Biological Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; 2) Department of
Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019.
681C
Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Axonal Transport Defects in Primary
Neuronal Cultures from Drosophila Larvae.
Gary Iacobucci, Shermali
Gunawardena.
Biological Sciences, State University of New York at
Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
682A
The memory gene nalyot (Adf-1) functions downstream of CaMKII to
regulate activity-dependent dendritic plasticity.
Christina Timmerman,
Subhabrata Sanyal.
Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
683B
Comparative Analysis of larval Locomotion Activity and neuromuscular
junction formation among Drosophilids.
Yunyi Yang, Mirela Belu,
Claudia Mizutani.
Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, OH.
684C
The Microtubule Regulatory Protein Stathmin is Essential for Axonal
Transport.
Alfredo Zuniga, Tori Pagel, Jason Duncan.
Department of
Biology, Willamette University, Salem, OR, 97301.
685A
The T-box transcription factor
midline
collaborates with the insulin-
regulated
dFOXO
transcription factor to regulate cell-fate specification
in the developing eye of
Drosophila melanogaster
.
Sudeshna Das
1
,
Deepak Kumar
1
, Yan Zong
2
, Brandon Drescher
1
, Sarah Morgan
2
,
Sandra Leal
1
.
1) Biological Sciences, University Of Southern
Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS; 2) School of Polymers and High
Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg,
MS.
686B
The SUMO pathway promotes bHLH proneural factor activity via a
direct effect on the Zn finger protein, Senseless.
Lynn M. Powell
1
, Yan
Chang Huang
2
, Angela Chen
2
, Andrew P. Jarman
1
.
1) Centre for
Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, George Square,
Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, United Kingdom; 2) Institute of Biomedical
Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
687C
Tre1 GPCR signaling orients stem cell divisions in the
Drosophila
central nervous system.
Shigeki Yoshiura, Nao Ohta, Fumio
Matsuzaki.
RIKEN CDB, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
688A
Drosophila Neto is essential for clustering of glutamate receptors at
neuromuscular junction.
Young-Jun Kim
1
, Hong Bao
2
, Liana
Bonanno
1
, Bing Zhang
2
, Mihaela Serpe
1
.
1) NICHD, NIH, Bethesda,
MD; 2) Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.
689B
Drosophila
Mitofusin regulates function and development of the
neuromuscular junction.
Hector Sandoval
1
, Chi-Kuang Yao
2
,
Kuchuan Chen
1,3
, Yong Qi Lin
6
, Taraka Donti
1
, Manish Jaiswal
1
,
Vafa Bayat
1,3,4
, Ke Zhang
5
, Claire Hauter
6
, Bo Xiong
1,3
, Wu-Lin
Charng
1,3
, Shinya Yamamoto
1,3
, Brett Graham
1
, Hugo Bellen
1,3,6
.
1)
Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,
TX 77030; 2) Institute of Biological Cehmistry, Academia Sinica,
Nankang,Taipei 115, Taiwan; 3) Program in Development Biology,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; 4) Medical Scientist
Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; 5)
Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; 6) Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
690C
Liquid facets (Lqf) plays novel roles in BMP signaling and retrograde
transport.
Phillip Vanlandingham, Lerin Luckett-Chastain, Taylor
Fore, Hong Bao, Bing Zhang.
Dept. of Zoology, University of
Oklahoma, Norman, OK.
691A
Phosphorylation of Hts at the MARCKS domain inhibits its ability to
regulate Dlg postsynaptic targeting during neuromuscular junction
development.
Simon Wang
1
, Amy Tsai
2
, Charles Krieger
2
, Nicholas
Harden
1
.
1) Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry,
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; 2)
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
692B
Drosophila
Cyfip regulates synaptic growth and endocytosis by
suppressing F-actin assembly.
Lu Zhao, Dan Wang, Qifu Wang,
Yongqing Zhang.
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology
CAS, Beijing, China.
Pattern Formation
693C
Reduced TOR Activity Promotes Cap-Independent Translation of
Gurken During Drosophila Oogenesis.
Malachi A. Blundon, Cara L.
Doyle, Scott B. Ferguson.
Department of Biology, SUNY Fredonia,
Fredonia, NY.
694A
The role of the two promoter regions of
hunchback
in its RNA
expression pattern in
Drosophila melanogaster
.
Maira A. Cardoso
1
,
Márcio Fontenele
2
, Helena Araujo
2
, Michelle Diniz
1
, Paulo M.
Bisch
1
, Francisco J. P. Lopes
1
.
1) Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas
Filho, University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil; 2) Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rio de Janeiro,
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
695B
Functional Convergence in Embryonic Patterning Determinants.
Rhea
R. Datta, Jackie Moore, Gozde Yucel, Stephen Small.
Department of
Biology, New York University, New York, NY.