Polysialic acid is required for optimal growth of axons on a neuronal substrate
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Polysialic acid is required for optimal growth of axons on a neuronal substrate.
Formation of axonal pathways involves a variety of molecules that influence cell-cell interactions. The polysialic acid (PSA) moiety of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) is present on neuronal surfaces during process outgrowth. Our studies reveal that the removal of PSA causes a decrease in the rate of elongation of retinal cell processes on a substrate of neuronal membranes derived from...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.12-08-03107.1992