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. 2009 Mar 20;136(6):996-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.03.003.

A gate keeper for axonal transport

Shaohua Xiao  1 , Lily Yeh Jan
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A gate keeper for axonal transport

Shaohua Xiao et al. Cell. .
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Abstract

The axon and dendritic arbor of neurons require different sets of membrane proteins to carry out their functions. In this issue, Song et al. (2009) describe how a cytoplasmic diffusion barrier in the axon initial segment of rat hippocampal neurons ensures that only axonal (and not dendritic) membrane proteins enter the axon.

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