Novel interactors of the Drosophila Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) Complex suggest its full conservation

A role for the survival of motor neuron protein in mRNP assembly and transport

(2016) Paul G Donlin-Asp et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Disruption of snRNP biogenesis factors Tgs1 and pICln induces phenotypes that mirror aspects of SMN-Gemins complex perturbation in Drosophila, providing new insights into spinal muscular atrophy

(2016) Rebecca M. Borg et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Morgan’s Legacy: Fruit Flies and the Functional Annotation of Conserved Genes

(2015) Hugo J. Bellen et al.   CELL

Accelerating Novel Candidate Gene Discovery in Neurogenetic Disorders via Whole-Exome Sequencing of Prescreened Multiplex Consanguineous Families

(2015) Anas M. Alazami et al.   Cell Reports

Genetic Interactions between the Members of the SMN-Gemins Complex in Drosophila

(2015) Rebecca M. Borg et al.   PLoS One

A day in the life of the spliceosome

(2014) A. Gregory Matera et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

The Gemin Associates of Survival Motor Neuron Are Required for Motor Function in Drosophila

(2014) Rebecca Borg et al.   PLoS One

GEMINs: potential therapeutic targets for spinal muscular atrophy?

(2014) Rebecca Borg et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Behavioral and electrophysiological outcomes of tissue-specific Smn knockdown in Drosophila melanogaster

(2012) Christina Timmerman et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

A Drosophila Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Uncouples snRNP Biogenesis Functions of Survival Motor Neuron from Locomotion and Viability Defects

(2012) Kavita Praveen et al.   Cell Reports

Invertebrate models of spinal muscular atrophy: Insights into mechanisms and potential therapeutics

(2011) Stuart J. Grice et al.   BIOESSAYS

A Protein Complex Network of Drosophila melanogaster

(2011) K.G. Guruharsha et al.   CELL

SMN and Gemins: ‘We are family’ … or are we?

(2010) Ruben J. Cauchi   BIOESSAYS

Drosophila SMN complex proteins Gemin2, Gemin3, and Gemin5 are components of U bodies

(2010) Ruben J. Cauchi et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

SMN-assisted assembly of snRNP-specific Sm cores in trypanosomes

(2009) Z. Palfi et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Spinal muscular atrophy: why do low levels of survival motor neuron protein make motor neurons sick?

(2009) Arthur H. M. Burghes et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Neuronal SMN expression corrects spinal muscular atrophy in severe SMA mice while muscle-specific SMN expression has no phenotypic effect

(2008) T. O. Gavrilina et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Gemin3 Is an Essential Gene Required for Larval Motor Function and Pupation in Drosophila

(2008) Karl B. Shpargel et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Modeling Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Drosophila

(2008) Howard Chia-Hao Chang et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of an RNP assembly system: A minimal SMN complex facilitates formation of UsnRNPs in Drosophila melanogaster

(2008) M. Kroiss et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Motor Function for the DEAD-Box RNA Helicase, Gemin3, in Drosophila

(2008) Ruben J. Cauchi et al.   PLoS Genetics