Source: Yale University
Posted: March 20, 2006
New Haven, Conn. -- Researchers at Yale shed new light on the mechanism of nerve cell growth by identifying novel functions for a molecular "motor" protein, myosin-II. This study implicates the molecular motor, myosin II, as a key part of the process of recycling the actin networks and ultimately sensing and directing nerve growth. The team is now investigating the implications of these findings for control of nerve growth, with particular interest in repair of spinal cord nerves after injury.
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