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When domestiques rebel: kinesins, cadherins and neuronal proliferation

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Conditional knockout of the KAP3 subunit from the kinesin motor KIF3 alters tissue patterning and causes abnormal proliferation of neural progenitor cells in the mouse brain. Impaired transport of N-cadherin to the surface of these cells may be one explanation for how such defects arise.

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Figure 1: Possible mechanisms by which KIF3-mediated transport might regulate neuronal patterning and proliferation.

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  2. Division of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Queensland, Australia

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