Neuronal migration and differentiation are key processes in the development of the vertebrate central nervous system, but many of the involved genes, underlying mechanisms and pathways still remain unknown.
This thesis is dealing with the novel highly conserved gene lunaparkA (lnpA) and its involvement in the differentiation and migration of hindbrain commissural interneurons in early zebrafish development. Furthermore, it shows that rhombomere boundaries provide pathways of migration for these differentiating interneurons and that Notch signal transduction is important for the regulation of these processes. In addition this thesis demonstrates that LnpA interacts with Proteins of the SNARE family and that LnpA localises to late endosomes and lysosomes within the cell suggesting a role in intracellular membrane fusion events.
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Neuronal migration and differentiation are key processes in the development of the vertebrate central nervous system, but many of the involved genes, underlying mechanisms and pathways still remain unknown.
This thesis is dealing with the novel highly conserved gene lunaparkA (lnpA) and its involvement in the differentiation and migration of hindbrain commissural interneurons in early zebrafish development. Furthermore, it shows that rhombomere boundaries provide pathways of migration for thes...
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