Publications

Hattori D., Chen Y., Matthews B.J., Salwinski L., Sabatti C., Grueber W.B., Zipursky S.L. (2009) Robust discrimination between self and non-self neurites requires thousands of Dscam1 isoforms. Nature 461:644-648.

Zlatic M., Li F., Strigini M., Grueber W., and Bate M. (2009). Positional Cues in the Drosophila Nerve Cord: Semaphorins Pattern the Dorso-Ventral Axis. PLoS Biol 7(6): e1000135. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000135

Corty M.M., Matthews B.J., and Grueber W.B. (2009). Molecules and mechanisms of dendrite development in Drosophila. Development 136:1049-1061.

Matthews B.J., Corty M.M., and Grueber W.B. (2008). Of cartridges and columns: New roles for cadherins in visual system development. Neuron 58:1-3.

Matthews B.J., Kim M.E.*, Flanagan J.J.*, Hattori D., Clemens J.C., Zipursky S.L., and Grueber W.B. (2007). Dendrite self-avoidance is controlled by Dscam. Cell 129:593-604. PubMed

For perspectives on some of the above papers see the following:
Wiedemann, C. "Dendrites: Dscam's branching business" Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Adler, E. "Dscam mediates dendritic self-avoidance Science STKE
Zinn, K. "Dscam and Neuronal Uniqueness" Cell
Kidd, T., Condron B. "Avoiding the SCAMs" Neuron



Earlier publications...

Grueber W.B., Ye B., Yang C.H., Younger S.H., Borden K., Jan L.Y. and Jan Y.N. (2007). Projections of Drosophila multidendritic neurons in the central nervous system: links with peripheral dendrite morphology. Development 134:55-64. PubMed

Orgogozo, V.O. and Grueber W.B. (2005). FlyPNS, A database of the Drosophila embryonic and larval peripheral nervous system. BMC Dev Biol 5:4. PubMed Website

Grueber W.B.*, Yang C.H.*, Ye B. and Jan Y.N. (2005). The development of neuronal morphology in insects. Curr Biol 15:R730-738. PubMed

Emoto K., He Y., Ye B., Grueber W.B., Adler P.N., Jan L.Y. and Jan Y.N. (2004). Control of dendritic branching and tiling by the Tricornered-kinase/Furry signaling pathway in Drosophila sensory neurons. Cell 119:245-256. PubMed

Grueber W.B. and Jan Y.N. (2004). Dendritic development: lessons from Drosophila and related branches. Curr Opin Neurobiol 14:74-82. PubMed

Grueber W.B.*, Ye B.*, Moore A.W., Jan L.Y. and Jan Y.N. (2003). Dendrites of distinct classes of Drosophila sensory neurons show different capacities for homotypic repulsion. Curr Biol 13:618-26. PubMed

Grueber W.B., Jan L.Y. and Jan Y.N. (2003). Different levels of the homeodomain protein Cut regulate distinct dendrite branching patterns of Drosophila multidendritic neurons. Cell 112:805-18. PubMed

Grueber W.B., Jan L.Y. and Jan Y.N. (2002). Tiling of the Drosophila epidermis by multidendritic sensory neurons. Development 129:2867-78. PubMed

Grueber W.B., Graubard K. and Truman J.W. (2001). Tiling of the body wall by multidendritic sensory neurons in Manduca sexta. J Comp Neurol. 440:271-83. PubMed

Grueber W.B. and Truman J.W. (1999). Development and organization of a nitric-oxide-sensitive peripheral neural plexus in larvae of the moth, Manduca sexta. J Comp Neurol. 404:127-41. PubMed

For perspectives on some of the above papers see the following:
"Linking dendrite structure to neuronal function" Development
Chihara, T., Luo, L. "Like poles repel; molecular mechanisms of dendritic tiling" Cell
Ghysen, A. "Dendritic arbors: a tale of living tiles" Current Biology
Green, E. "Dendrites: Shaping Up" Nature Reviews Neuroscience

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