bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/348631; this version posted June 18, 2018. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 1 Characterization of Drosophila Nidogen/entactin reveals roles in 2 basement membrane stability, barrier function and nervous system 3 plasticity 4 1, 3 1, * 3, 5 Georg WolfstetterP P (ORCID: 44T0000-0001-8763-1419)44T, Ina DahlitzP P, Kathrin PfeiferP * 2 6 P (ORCID: 44T0000-0002-2680-8425)44T, Joscha Arne AltP P (ORCID: 44T0000-0002-9144- 1 1 7 1041)44T, Uwe TöpferP P, Daniel Christoph PfeiferP P (ORCID: 44T0000-0001-7163-9985),44T 2 4 8 Reinhard Lakes-HarlanP P, Stefan BaumgartnerP P (ORCID: 44T0000-0001-5320-8321)44T, 3 1, # 9 Ruth H. PalmerP P (ORCID: 44T0000-0002-2735-8470)44T, and Anne HolzP P(ORCID: 44T0000- 10 0002-7028-654844T) 11 1 12 P P Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen, Institut für Allgemeine und Spezielle 13 Zoologie, Allgemeine Zoologie und Entwicklungsbiologie, Stephanstraße 24, 14 35390 Gießen, Germany. 2 15 P P Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen, Institut für Tierphysiologie, Integrative 16 Sinnesphysiologie, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Gießen, Germany. 3 17 P P The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Institute of 18 Biomedicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 19 Medicinaregatan 9A, 41390 Gothenburg, Sweden. 4 20 P P Lund University, Department of Experimental Medical Sciences, BMC D10, 21 22184 Lund, Sweden. 22 * Both authors contributed equally. 23 24 # Correspondence should be send to:
[email protected] 25 26 Keywords: Laminin, Collagen, Perlecan, extracellular matrix, ECM, muscle, dorsal 27 median cells, axon guidance, morphogenesis, NMJ.