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L M Lanier

Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Country: USA

Actin cytoskeleton: thinking globally, actin' locally
L M Lanier
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
Curr Biol 10:R655-7. 2000
From Abl to actin: Abl tyrosine kinase and associated proteins in growth cone motility
L M Lanier
Biology Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Curr Opin Neurobiol 10:80-7. 2000
Mena is required for neurulation and commissure formation
L M Lanier
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA
Neuron 22:313-25. 1999

Actin cytoskeleton: thinking globally, actin' locally
L M Lanier
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
Curr Biol 10:R655-7. 2000
..Local release of PIP2 controls actin dynamics in specific subcellular regions and plays a critical role in regulating actin-based cell motility and morphogenesis...
From Abl to actin: Abl tyrosine kinase and associated proteins in growth cone motility
L M Lanier
Biology Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Curr Opin Neurobiol 10:80-7. 2000
..These findings suggest that Abl and its associated proteins may regulate cell adhesion and actin polymerization, thereby regulating growth cone motility during axonogenesis...
Mena is required for neurulation and commissure formation
L M Lanier
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA
Neuron 22:313-25. 1999
..Mena-deficient mice that are heterozygous for a Profilin I deletion die in utero and display defects in neurulation, demonstrating an important functional role for Mena in regulation of the actin cytoskeleton...