Kismet/CHD7/CHD8 affects gut biomechanics, the gut microbiome, and gut-brain axis in Drosophila melanogaster
Angelo Niosi, Nguyên Henry Võ, Punithavathi Sundar, Chloe J. Welch, Aliyah Penn, Yelena Yuldasheva, Adam Alfareh, Kaitlin Rausch, Takhmina Rukhsar, Jeffery Cavanaugh, Prince Yadav, Stephanie Peterson, Raina Brown, Alain Hu, Any Ardon-Castro, , Kimberly A. Mulligan
This study shows that kismet mutants in Drosophila have altered gut mechanics, microbiota, and behavior, linking gut physiology to the gut-brain axis.
bioRxiv · Dec 17, 2021 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology