Search results for "drosophile"

The Amino Acid Transporter JhI-21 Coevolves with Glutamate Receptors, Impacts NMJ Physiology, and Influences Locomotor Activity in Drosophila Larvae

2015

AbstractChanges in synaptic physiology underlie neuronal network plasticity and behavioral phenomena, which are adjusted during development. The Drosophila larval glutamatergic neuromuscular junction (NMJ) represents a powerful synaptic model to investigate factors impacting these processes. Amino acids such as glutamate have been shown to regulate Drosophila NMJ physiology by modulating the clustering of postsynaptic glutamate receptors and thereby regulating the strength of signal transmission from the motor neuron to the muscle cell. To identify amino acid transporters impacting glutmatergic signal transmission, we used Evolutionary Rate Covariation (ERC), a recently developed bioinforma…

Rôle du transporteur d'acides aminés Minidiscs dans le fonctionnement du système nerveux chez Drosophila melanogaster

2015

Amino acids have many functions in the body in addition to their role as basic constituents of proteins. They can for example serve as a neurotransmitter or signal for the activation of intracellular pathways. Carriers of the SLC protein family facilitate their path through the plasma membrane. The heterodimeric amino acid transporters HAT belong to SLC proteins. HAT are composed of a light chain SLC7 ensuring the specificity of transport and a heavy chain SLC3 involved in the addressing of the protein complex to the plasma membrane. My thesis focused on studying the role of a SLC7 homologue in drosophila, Minidiscs (Mnd), in the functioning of the nervous system. Mnd might belong to system…

Ligand-binding properties of the juvenile hormone receptor, Methoprene-tolerant

2012

Ligand-binding properties of the juvenile hormone receptor, Methoprene-tolerant. 53. annual drosophila research conference

Spatial reconstruction of Drosophila NPF neurons

2011

Spatial reconstruction of Drosophila NPF neurons. SENC XIV

Glie et neurones : vers un partenariat actif influençant le comportement sensoriel chez la drosophile

2014