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Nature Cell Biology 10, 1131 - 1132 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ncb1008-1131
Dynein branches out
Guy Tear1
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Guy Tear is at the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, New Hunts House, Guys Campus, Kings College, London SE1 1UL, UK.
e-mail: guy.tear@kcl.ac.uk
Abstract
Individual neurons form specific elaborate dendritic structures that receive presynaptic information. The pattern of dendritic branching is regulated by the microtubule-associated motor protein dynein, which is responsible for the transport of essential endosomes and other organelles into the dendrites.
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