Tissue-specific knockout in Drosophila neuromuscular system reveals ESCRT's role in formation of synapse-derived extracellular vesicles
Xinchen Chen, Sarah Perry, Bei Wang, Shuran Wang, Jiayi Hu, Elizabeth Loxterkamp, Dion K. Dickman, Chun Han
The paper develops a CRISPR toolkit for tissue-specific gene knockout in Drosophila motor neurons, muscles, and glial cells, revealing ESCRT's role in NMJ extracellular vesicle formation.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience