Mena and vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein are required for multiple actin-dependent processes that shape the vertebrate nervous system.

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Published in J Neurosci on September 15, 2004

Authors

A Sheila Menzies1, Attila Aszodi, Scott E Williams, Alexander Pfeifer, Ann M Wehman, Keow Lin Goh, Carol A Mason, Reinhard Fassler, Frank B Gertler

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, USA.

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