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Francisca P G Van Horck1, Christine E Holt.
Abstract
Recent data indicate that local translation in growth cones is critical for axon guidance. Evidence from the Drosophila midline axon guidance system suggests that the F-actin-microtubule cross-linker Short stop (Shot) might link the translation machinery to the cytoskeleton in the growth cone. The identification of a complex of translation factors attached to the actin and microtubule networks points to a mechanism by which cytoskeletal dynamics regulate translation in axons and vice versa.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18314505 PMCID: PMC3682639 DOI: 10.1126/stke.18pe11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sci Signal ISSN: 1945-0877 Impact factor: 8.192