TIPsy tour guides: How microtubule plus-end tracking proteins (+TIPs) facilitate axon guidance

The growth cone is a dynamic cytoskeletal vehicle, which drives the end of a developing axon. It serves to interpret and navigate through the complex landscape and guidance cues of the early nervous system. The growth cone’s distinctive cytoskeletal organization offers a fascinating platform to stu...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth A Bearce, Burcu eErdogan, Laura Anne Lowery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2015.00241/full