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. 2013 Mar 4;23(5):R197-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.050.

Cytoskeleton: axons earn their stripes

Matthew N Rasband  1
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Cytoskeleton: axons earn their stripes

Matthew N Rasband. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Axons must be supported by a strong and flexible cytoskeleton. New 'super-resolution' imaging of the submembranous axonal cytoskeleton reveals that it is organized in a periodic, ladder-like structure with alternating rings of actin linked together by intervening complexes of spectrin.

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