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Neural cell recognition molecule L1: from cell biology to human hereditary brain malformations

T Brümmendorf et al. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1998 Feb.

Abstract

The neural cell recognition molecule L1 is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily implicated in embryonic brain development. L1 is engaged in complex extracellular interactions, with multiple binding partners on cell surfaces and in the extracellular matrix. It is the founder of a neural group of related cell surface receptors that share with L1 a highly conserved cytoplasmic domain that associates with the cytoskeleton. Phenotypic analyses of human patients with mutations in the L1 gene and characterizations of L1-deficient mice suggest that L1 is important for embryonic brain histogenesis, in particular the development of axon tracts.

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