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doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.001.
Septins: cellular and functional barriers of neuronal activity
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.001
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Septins: cellular and functional barriers of neuronal activity
Curr Biol.
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Abstract
How conserved is sub-cellular compartmentalization across species and does it play a similar role? Here, two studies now demonstrate that buds in yeast and spines in mammalian neurons share many properties and suggest unexpected commonalities between simple and complex organisms.
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Role of Septin cytoskeleton in spine morphogenesis and dendrite development in neurons.Curr Biol. 2007 Oct 23;17(20):1752-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.039. Epub 2007 Oct 11. Curr Biol. 2007. PMID: 17935993 Free PMC article.
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The GTP-binding protein Septin 7 is critical for dendrite branching and dendritic-spine morphology.Curr Biol. 2007 Oct 23;17(20):1746-51. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.042. Epub 2007 Oct 11. Curr Biol. 2007. PMID: 17935997
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