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Doublecortin maintains bipolar shape and nuclear translocation during migration in the adult forebrain.
Nature neuroscience - 1 Jun 2006
Koizumi Hiroyuki, Higginbotham Holden, Poon Tiffany, Tanaka Teruyuki, Brinkman Brendan C, Gleeson Joseph G
Abstract excerpt
The ability of the mature mammalian nervous system to continually produce neuronal precursors is of considerable importance, as manipulation of this process might one day permit the replacement of cells lost as a result of injury or disease. In mammals, the anterior subventricular zone (SVZa) region is one of the primary sites of adult neurogenesis. Here we show that doublecortin (DCX), a widely used marker for...
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