A prion-mediated mechanism for memory proposed in Drosophila. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Memories are remarkably persistent, but rely on transient signaling. The prion-like properties of CPEB suggested a solution to this problem. The paper by Krttner etal. (2012) in this issue of Neuron demonstrates that the prion-like domain of Drosophila CPEB functions independently of its RNA-binding domain for memory.

published proceedings

  • Neuron

altmetric score

  • 2.75

author list (cited authors)

  • Li, W., & Dubnau, J.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Li, Wanhe||Dubnau, Josh

publication date

  • October 2012

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