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Normal spastin gene dosage is specifically required for axon regeneration.
Cell reports - 29 Nov 2012
Stone Michelle C, Rao Kavitha, Gheres Kyle W, Kim Seahee, Tao Juan, La Rochelle Caroline, Folker Christin T, Sherwood Nina T, Rolls Melissa M
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Axon regeneration allows neurons to repair circuits after trauma; however, most of the molecular players in this process remain to be identified. Given that microtubule rearrangements have been observed in injured neurons, we tested whether microtubule-severing proteins might play a role in axon regeneration. We found that axon regeneration is extremely sensitive to levels of the microtubule-severing protein...
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