Axons will not be silenced! A balancing act of attractive receptors

Grant S Mastick; Lauren E Jones; Thomas Kidd

doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112493

Axons will not be silenced! A balancing act of attractive receptors

Cell Rep. 2023 May 30;42(5):112493. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112493. Epub 2023 May 5.

Authors

Grant S Mastick¹, Lauren E Jones², Thomas Kidd²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA. Electronic address: gmastick@unr.edu.
² Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA.

PMID: 37149870
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112493

Abstract

Axons crossing the CNS midline regulate their responsiveness to both attractive and repulsive cues. In this issue, Dailey-Krempel et al. find different modes of action for DCC isoforms and uncover evidence against the silencing model of axon guidance.

MeSH terms

Axons* / physiology