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CELL REPORTS
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 386-397Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.03.034
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- Pitt Hopkins Research Foundation
- Orphan Disease Center at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- NIH [R01MH101041]
- National Science Foundation [IOS 1256114]
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Proneural proteins of the class I/II basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) family are highly conserved transcription factors. Class I bHLH proteins are expressed in a broad number of tissues during development, whereas class II bHLH protein expression is more tissue restricted. Our understanding of the function of class I/II bHLH transcription factors in both invertebrate and vertebrate neurobiology is largely focused on their function as regulators of neurogenesis. Here, we show that the class I bHLH proteins Daughterless and Tcf4 are expressed in postmitotic neurons in Drosophila melanogaster and mice, respectively, where they function to restrict neurite branching and synapse formation. Our data indicate that Daughterless performs this function in part by restricting the expression of the cell adhesion molecule Neurexin. This suggests a role for these proteins outside of their established roles in neurogenesis.
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