title: New Light on Growth Cone Navigation.
abstract: Growth cones on neuronal process navigate over long distances to their targets in the developing nervous system. New work by Menon et al., 2015 in the current issue of Developmental Cell reveals that reversible ubiquitination of the actin filament polymerase called VASP is part of the guidance system.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208103, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA; Departments of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208103, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208103, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA. Electronic address: thomas.pollard@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Thomas D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Pollard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020439:Growth Cones / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D055495:Neurogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases