2020
Dstac Regulates Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Drosophila Body Wall Muscles
Hsu IU, Linsley JW, Reid LE, Hume RI, Leflein A, Kuwada JY. Dstac Regulates Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Drosophila Body Wall Muscles. Frontiers In Physiology 2020, 11: 573723. PMID: 33123029, PMCID: PMC7573238, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.573723.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExcitation-contraction couplingL-type voltage-gated calcium channelsVoltage-gated calcium channelsSubset of neuronsBody wall musclesL-type CaCalcium channelsNormal expression levelsEC couplingMuscle contractionSkeletal muscleSpecific antibodiesMuscleLarval body wall musclesDmca1DExpression levelsWall musclesNormal locomotionDrosophila body wall musclesNeuronsVertebrate skeletal muscleAntibodiesDeficient larvae
2018
Dstac is required for normal circadian activity rhythms in Drosophila
Hsu IU, Linsley JW, Varineau JE, Shafer OT, Kuwada JY. Dstac is required for normal circadian activity rhythms in Drosophila. Chronobiology International 2018, 35: 1016-1026. PMID: 29621409, PMCID: PMC6103890, DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2018.1454937.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPigment Dispersing FactorS-LNSmall ventrolateral neuronsBrain of DrosophilaL-type voltage-gated CaCircadian activityNovel genesAdaptor proteinCircadian locomotionVoltage-gated CaActivity rhythmsDrosophilaDmca1DGenesVentrolateral neuronsCircadian activity rhythmsVertebratesSTAC3ProteinBindsCACHActivity