Podocalyxin Is a Novel Polysialylated Neural Adhesion Protein with Multiple Roles in Neural Development and Synapse Formation

Nathalia Vitureira; Rosa Andrés; Esther Pérez-Martínez; Albert Martínez; Ana Bribián; Juan Blasi; Shierley Chelliah; Guillermo López-Doménech; Fernando De Castro; Ferran Burgaya; Kelly McNagny; Eduardo Soriano

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012003

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Podocalyxin Is a Novel Polysialylated Neural Adhesion Protein with Multiple Roles in Neural Development and Synapse Formation

Nathalia Vitureira,

Affiliations Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Cell Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Rosa Andrés,

Affiliations Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Cell Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Esther Pérez-Martínez,

Affiliations Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Cell Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Albert Martínez,

Affiliations Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Cell Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Ana Bribián,

Affiliations Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Cell Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Grupo de Neurobiología del Desarrollo-GNDe, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain
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Juan Blasi,

Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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Shierley Chelliah,

Affiliation The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Guillermo López-Doménech,

Affiliations Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Cell Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Fernando De Castro,

Affiliation Grupo de Neurobiología del Desarrollo-GNDe, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain
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Ferran Burgaya,

Affiliations Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Cell Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Kelly McNagny,

Affiliation The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Eduardo Soriano

* E-mail: eduardo.soriano@irbbarcelona.org

Affiliations Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Cell Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Podocalyxin Is a Novel Polysialylated Neural Adhesion Protein with Multiple Roles in Neural Development and Synapse Formation

Nathalia Vitureira,
Rosa Andrés,
Esther Pérez-Martínez,
Albert Martínez,
Ana Bribián,
Juan Blasi,
Shierley Chelliah,
Guillermo López-Doménech,
Fernando De Castro,
Ferran Burgaya

Published: August 10, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012003

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