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. 2001 Jul;2(7):575-6.
doi: 10.1038/89712.

Kissing cousins: immunological and neurological synapses

A S Shaw  1 , P M Allen
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Kissing cousins: immunological and neurological synapses

A S Shaw et al. Nat Immunol. 2001 Jul.

Abstract

Immunological synapse formation is essential for T cell activation. A recent paper in Science reports that immunological and neurological synapses utilize a common molecule, agrin.

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