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IgCAMs redundantly control axon navigation in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Neural development - 2 Apr 2009
Schwarz Valentin, Pan Jie, Voltmer-Irsch Susanne, Hutter Harald
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cell adhesion molecules of the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgCAMs) form one of the largest and most diverse families of adhesion molecules and receptors in the nervous system. Many members of this family mediate contact and communication among neurons during development. The Caenorhabditis elegans genome contains a comparatively small number of IgCAMs, most of which are evolutionarily conserved and...
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