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Axon guidance: growth cones make an unexpected turn
Barry J Dickson1, Kirsten-André Senti
1Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, A-1030 Vienna, Austria. dickson@nt.imp.univie.ac.at
Current Biology : CB
|March 23, 2002
Abstract:
Axonal growth cones can turn in response to minute concentration differences in extracellular guidance cues. Surprising new work suggests that these cues might steer the growth cone by inducing rapid local changes in protein levels.