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Come FLY with us: toward understanding fragile X syndrome by Zarnescu, D. C., Shan, G., Warren, S. T., Jin, P.

“…The past few years have seen an increased number of articles using Drosophila as a model system to study fragile X syndrome. Phenotypic analyses have…”
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Biochemical and genetic interaction between the fragile X mental retardation protein and the microRNA pathway by Warren, Stephen T, Jin, Peng, Zarnescu, Daniela C, Ceman, Stephanie, Nakamoto, Mika, Mowrey, Julie, Jongens, Thomas A, Nelson, David L, Moses, Kevin

“…Fragile X syndrome is caused by a loss of expression of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). FMRP is a selective RNA-binding protein which forms a…”
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RNA-Mediated Neurodegeneration Caused by the Fragile X Premutation rCGG Repeats in Drosophila by Jin, Peng, Zarnescu, Daniela C., Zhang, Fuping, Pearson, Christopher E., Lucchesi, John C., Moses, Kevin, Warren, Stephen T.

“…Fragile X syndrome carriers have FMR1 alleles, called premutations, with an intermediate number of 5′ untranslated CGG repeats between patients (>200 repeats)…”
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Fragile X Protein Functions with Lgl and the PAR Complex in Flies and Mice by Zarnescu, Daniela C., Jin, Peng, Betschinger, Joerg, Nakamoto, Mika, Wang, Yan, Dockendorff, Thomas C., Feng, Yue, Jongens, Thomas A., Sisson, John C., Knoblich, Juergen A., Warren, Stephen T., Moses, Kevin

“…Fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited mental retardation, is caused by loss of function for the Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 gene ( FMR1)…”
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Apical Spectrin Is Essential for Epithelial Morphogenesis but Not Apicobasal Polarity in Drosophila by Zarnescu, Daniela C., Thomas, Graham H.

“…Changes in cell shape and position drive morphogenesis in epithelia and depend on the polarized nature of its constitutent cells. The spectrin-based membrane…”
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Fragile X protein controls neural stem cell proliferation in the Drosophila brain by Callan, Matthew A., Cabernard, Clemens, Heck, Jennifer, Luois, Samantha, Doe, Chris Q., Zarnescu, Daniela C.

“…Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited mental retardation and is caused by the loss of function for Fragile X protein (FMRP), an…”
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Fragile X protein controls the efficacy of mRNA transport in Drosophila neurons by Estes, Patricia S., O’Shea, Michele, Clasen, Sara, Zarnescu, Daniela C.

“…Fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited mental retardation is caused by mutations in the FMR1 gene. FMR1 encodes an RNA-binding protein thought…”
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Ferrying Wingless across the Synaptic Cleft by Zarnescu, Daniela C., Zinsmaier, Konrad E.

“…Secreted Wnt morphogens mediate cell-cell communication, but the mechanism of Wnt transfer between cells is unknown. Korkut et al. (2009) report that the…”
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Drosophila betaHeavy-spectrin is essential for development and contributes to specific cell fates in the eye by Thomas, G H, Zarnescu, D C, Juedes, A E, Bales, M A, Londergan, A, Korte, C C, Kiehart, D P

“…The spectrin membrane skeleton is a ubiquitous cytoskeletal structure with several cellular roles, including the maintenance of cell integrity, determination…”
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Drosophila βHeavy-spectrin is essential for development and contributes to specific cell fates in the eye by Thomas, Claire M., Zarnescu, Daniela C., Juedes, Amy E., Bales, Mark A., Londergan, Amy, Korte, Carol C., Kiehart, Daniel P.

“…The spectrin membrane skeleton is a ubiquitous cytoskeletal structure with several cellular roles, including the maintenance of cell integrity, determination…”
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