Astrotactin (Astn1) is a
glycoprotein expressed on migrating neurons that favors adhesion to
glia
Glia, also called glial cells (gliocytes) or neuroglia, are non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system that do not produce electrical impulses. They maintain homeostasis, form myel ...
and migration. It is involved in regulation of adhesion during the radial migration of
neurons in the developing
CNS. Its expression is limited to cells in the cortex and cerebellum.
* Alberts, B.(1994) Molecular Biology of the Cell
* Price et al., (2011) Building Brains
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