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SynGAP regulates spine formation.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 6 Oct 2004
Vazquez Luis E, Chen Hong-Jung, Sokolova Irina, Knuesel Irene, Kennedy Mary B
Abstract excerpt
SynGAP is a brain-specific ras GTPase-activating protein that is an abundant component of the signaling complex associated with the NMDA-type glutamate receptor. We generated mutant mice lacking synGAP to study its physiological role. Homozygous mutant mice die in the first few days after birth; however, neurons from mutant embryos can be maintained in culture. Here, we report that spine and synapse formation are...
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