Cell biology of the neuron: ARC goes viral

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 19, 120 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrn.2018.9 Author: Natasha Bray Two recent papers reveal that the activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated proteins ARC and Drosophila melanogaster dArc1 auto-assemble into mRNA-containing, virus-like capsids that are released by neurons in exosomal vesicles and that can be endocytosed at the postsynaptic compartment.
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