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Science 17 March 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5767, pp. 1560 - 1562
DOI: 10.1126/science.1126397
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NEUROSCIENCE:
Enhanced: Neuron, Know Thy Neighbor

Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom

Once thought only to contribute to cell adhesion as a structural link between a cell's cytoskeleton and its surface, the protein alpha-catenin now appears to be a key regulator of cytoskeletal dynamics and cell proliferation.

The author is in the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology/Pediatrics (Neurology), University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. E-mail: diciccem{at}umdnj.edu

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