Developmental expression of Drosophila Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome family proteins., Parkhurst Susan M, Abreu-Blanco Maria Teresa, Rodriguez-Mesa Evelyn, and Rosales-Nieves Alicia E, Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, 2012 Mar, Volume 241, Issue 3, p.608-26 (2012)
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WASP) family proteins participate in many cellular processes involving rearrangements of the actin cytoskeleton. To the date, four WASP subfamily members have been described in Drosophila: Wash, WASp, SCAR, and Whamy. Wash, WASp, and SCAR are essential during early Drosophila development where they function in orchestrating cytoplasmic events including membrane-cytoskeleton interactions. A mutant for Whamy has not yet been reported.