Mutated Brush Border (IMAGE)

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Mutated Brush Border

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These are ccanning electron micrographs of cells lacking the scaffolding protein ANKS4B. ANKS4B plays a critical role in promoting adhesion between adjacent microvilli. Loss of intermicrovillar adhesion results in dishevelled brush borders, characterized by loosely packed microvilli of variable length.

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Dr. Scott Crawley, Tyska Laboratory, Vanderbilt.

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