Merlin differentially associates with the microtubule and actin cytoskeleton.

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Published in J Neurosci Res on February 01, 1998

Authors

H M Xu1, D H Gutmann

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1: Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.

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