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Phosphorylation of drebrin by cyclin-dependent kinase 5 and its role in neuronal migration.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Tanabe Kazuya, Yamazaki Hiroyuki, Inaguma Yutaka, Asada Akiko, Kimura Taeko, Takahashi Junya, Taoka Masato, Ohshima Toshio, Furuichi Teiichi, Isobe Toshiaki, Nagata Koh-ichi, Shirao Tomoaki, Hisanaga Shin-ichi
Abstract excerpt
Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5)-p35 is a proline-directed Ser/Thr kinase which plays a key role in neuronal migration, neurite outgrowth, and spine formation during brain development. Dynamic remodeling of cytoskeletons is required for all of these processes. Cdk5-p35 phosphorylates many cytoskeletal proteins, but it is not fully understood how Cdk5-p35 regulates cytoskeletal reorganization associated with...
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