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New forms of HMW MAP2 are preferentially expressed in the spinal cord.
FEBS letters - 10 Jun 1996
Couchie D, Chabas S, Mavilia C, Nunez J
Abstract excerpt
The high molecular weight forms of microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2a and b) play a central role in the specification of dendrites. RT-PCR amplification of a portion of the N-terminal and middle MAP2b domains of rat spinal cord cDNAs allowed identification of new variants containing both exon 8 (246 bp) and a new exon, 7A (237 bp), located at the beginning of the middle MAP2b region. The brain and the spinal...
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