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Nature Neuroscience 7, 1293–1295 (1 December 2004) | doi:10.1038/nn1346

Baz, Par-6 and aPKC are not required for axon or dendrite specification in Drosophila

Melissa M Rolls & Chris Q Doe

Par-3/Baz, Par-6, and aPKC are evolutionarily conserved regulators of cell polarity, and overexpression experiments implicate them as axon determinants in vertebrate hippocampal neurons. Here we examined their mutant and overexpression phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster.