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. 2013 Jul 22;23(14):R613-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.06.036.

Neuron survival: say it with Flowers

Franck Pichaud  1
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Neuron survival: say it with Flowers

Franck Pichaud. Curr Biol. .

Abstract

The Flower protein family is part of a cell-cell communication pathway that regulates cell competition, in which fit cells eliminate less fit neighbors. A new study demonstrates that this pathway can also govern the culling of unwanted neurons during development.

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