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Kalirin regulates cortical spine morphogenesis and disease-related behavioral phenotypes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 4 Aug 2009
Cahill Michael E, Xie Zhong, Day Michelle, Photowala Huzefa, Barbolina Maria V, Miller Courtney A, Weiss Craig, Radulovic Jelena, Sweatt J David, Disterhoft John F, Surmeier D James, Penzes Peter
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Dendritic spine morphogenesis contributes to brain function, cognition, and behavior, and is altered in psychiatric disorders. Kalirin is a brain-specific guanine-nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rac-like GTPases and is a key regulator of spine morphogenesis. Here, we show that KALRN-knockout...
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