Trans-synaptic Fish-lips Signaling Prevents Misconnections between Non-synaptic Partner Olfactory Neurons
Qijing Xie, Bing Wu, Jiefu Li, Chuanyun Xu, Hongjie Li, David J. Luginbuhl, Xin Wang, Alex Ward, Liqun Luo
This paper identifies Fish-lips (Fili) as a transmembrane protein that mediates repulsion between non-synaptic partner neurons to ensure precise wiring in the Drosophila olfactory circuit.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jul 24, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience