Neurofibromin progress on the fly

Ronald L. Davis ()
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Ronald L. Davis: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Baylor College of Medicine

Nature, 2000, vol. 403, issue 6772, 846-847

Abstract: The genetic disease neurofibromatosis type 1 causes tumours and, in some cases, learning difficulties. The disease is caused by a mutation in the gene for a protein called neurofibromin, which is involved in the control of cell division. Results in fruitflies that lack the protein suggest that the learning disabilities of patients may result from a need for neurofibromin in normal learning processes, rather than in the development of the brain.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1038/35002714

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