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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 13:04, 11 October 2006&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;DSCAM&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Dscam&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; are both acronyms for &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;. The case difference is significant: &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;DSCAM&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; refers to the human protein, and &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Dscam&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; refers to its analog in &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Drosophila&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Drosophila&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;DSCAM&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Dscam&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; are both acronyms for &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;. The case difference is significant: &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;DSCAM&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; refers to the human protein, and &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Dscam&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; refers to its analog in &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Drosophila&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Drosophila&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Of particular interest is that &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Dscam&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; has over 38,000 &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Alternative splicing&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_splicing&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#810081&amp;quot;&amp;gt;alternative splicing&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; forms from four variable &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Exon&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exon&amp;quot;&amp;gt;exon&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; clusters. (12, 48, 33 and 2 alternatives respectively.)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Of particular interest is that &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Dscam&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; has over 38,000 &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Alternative splicing&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_splicing&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#810081&amp;quot;&amp;gt;alternative splicing&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; forms from four variable &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Exon&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exon&amp;quot;&amp;gt;exon&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; clusters. (12, 48, 33 and 2 alternatives respectively.)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;div class=&amp;quot;editsection&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px&amp;quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[&amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Edit section: See also&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DSCAM&amp;amp;amp;action=edit&lt;/del&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;amp&lt;/del&gt;;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;section=1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;edit&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;p&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;nbsp&lt;/ins&gt;;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;See also&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;See also&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Down syndrome&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Down syndrome&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Down syndrome&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Down syndrome&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;References&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;References&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;ol&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;ol&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Wojtowicz WM, Flanagan JJ, Millard SS, Zipursky SL, Clemens JC. (2004) Alternative splicing of Drosophila Dscam generates axon guidance receptors that exhibit isoform-specific homophilic binding. Cell. 2004 Sep 3;118(5):619-33. &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Entrez&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrez&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Entrez PubMed&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=15339666&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=15339666&amp;quot;&amp;gt;15339666&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Wojtowicz WM, Flanagan JJ, Millard SS, Zipursky SL, Clemens JC. (2004) Alternative splicing of Drosophila Dscam generates axon guidance receptors that exhibit isoform-specific homophilic binding. Cell. 2004 Sep 3;118(5):619-33. &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Entrez&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrez&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Entrez PubMed&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=15339666&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=15339666&amp;quot;&amp;gt;15339666&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Watson FL, Puttmann-Holgado R, Thomas F, Lamar DL, Hughes M, Kondo M, Rebel VI, Schmucker D (2005) Extensive diversity of Ig-superfamily proteins in the immune system of insects. Science. 2005 Sep 16;309(5742):1874-8. Epub 2005 Aug 18. &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Entrez&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrez&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Entrez PubMed&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=16109846&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=16109846&amp;quot;&amp;gt;16109846&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Watson FL, Puttmann-Holgado R, Thomas F, Lamar DL, Hughes M, Kondo M, Rebel VI, Schmucker D (2005) Extensive diversity of Ig-superfamily proteins in the immune system of insects. Science. 2005 Sep 16;309(5742):1874-8. Epub 2005 Aug 18. &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Entrez&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrez&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Entrez PubMed&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=16109846&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=16109846&amp;quot;&amp;gt;16109846&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Chen BE, Kondo M, Garnier A, Watson FL, Puettmann-Holgado R, Lamar DR, Schmucker D. (2006) The molecular diversity of Dscam is functionally required for neuronal wiring specificity in Drosophila. Cell. 2006 May 5;125(3):607-20. &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Entrez&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrez&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Entrez PubMed&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=16678102&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=16678102&amp;quot;&amp;gt;16678102&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Chen BE, Kondo M, Garnier A, Watson FL, Puettmann-Holgado R, Lamar DR, Schmucker D. (2006) The molecular diversity of Dscam is functionally required for neuronal wiring specificity in Drosophila. Cell. 2006 May 5;125(3):607-20. &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Entrez&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrez&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Entrez PubMed&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=16678102&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=16678102&amp;quot;&amp;gt;16678102&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/ol&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/ol&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>J at 13:03, 11 October 2006</title>
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		<updated>2006-10-11T13:03:47Z</updated>

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;DSCAM&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Dscam&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; are both acronyms for &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;. The case difference is significant: &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;DSCAM&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; refers to the human protein, and &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Dscam&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; refers to its analog in &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Drosophila&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Drosophila&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Of particular interest is that &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Dscam&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; has over 38,000 &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Alternative splicing&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_splicing&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#810081&amp;quot;&amp;gt;alternative splicing&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; forms from four variable &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Exon&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exon&amp;quot;&amp;gt;exon&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; clusters. (12, 48, 33 and 2 alternatives respectively.)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;editsection&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Edit section: See also&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DSCAM&amp;amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;amp;section=1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;edit&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a id=&amp;quot;See_also&amp;quot; name=&amp;quot;See_also&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;See also&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Down syndrome&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Down syndrome&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;editsection&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[&amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Edit section: References&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DSCAM&amp;amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;amp;section=2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;edit&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a id=&amp;quot;References&amp;quot; name=&amp;quot;References&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;References&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ol&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Schmucker D, Clemens JC, Shu H, Worby CA, Xiao J, Muda M, Dixon JE, Zipursky SL (2000) Drosophila Dscam is an axon guidance receptor exhibiting extraordinary molecular diversity. Cell. 2000 Jun 9;101(6):671-84. &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Entrez&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrez&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Entrez PubMed&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=10892653&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=10892653&amp;quot;&amp;gt;10892653&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Li W, Guan KL (2004) The Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule (DSCAM) Interacts with and Activates Pak J Biol Chem. 2004 Jul 30;279(31):32824-31. Epub 2004 May 28. &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Entrez&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrez&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Entrez PubMed&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=15169762&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=15169762&amp;quot;&amp;gt;15169762&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Wojtowicz WM, Flanagan JJ, Millard SS, Zipursky SL, Clemens JC. (2004) Alternative splicing of Drosophila Dscam generates axon guidance receptors that exhibit isoform-specific homophilic binding. Cell. 2004 Sep 3;118(5):619-33. &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Entrez&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrez&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Entrez PubMed&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=15339666&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=15339666&amp;quot;&amp;gt;15339666&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Watson FL, Puttmann-Holgado R, Thomas F, Lamar DL, Hughes M, Kondo M, Rebel VI, Schmucker D (2005) Extensive diversity of Ig-superfamily proteins in the immune system of insects. Science. 2005 Sep 16;309(5742):1874-8. Epub 2005 Aug 18. &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Entrez&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrez&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Entrez PubMed&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=16109846&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=16109846&amp;quot;&amp;gt;16109846&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Chen BE, Kondo M, Garnier A, Watson FL, Puettmann-Holgado R, Lamar DR, Schmucker D. (2006) The molecular diversity of Dscam is functionally required for neuronal wiring specificity in Drosophila. Cell. 2006 May 5;125(3):607-20. &amp;lt;a title=&amp;quot;Entrez&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrez&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Entrez PubMed&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a class=&amp;quot;external text&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=16678102&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;amp;db=pubmed&amp;amp;amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;amp;amp;list_uids=16678102&amp;quot;&amp;gt;16678102&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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