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Memory molecule dethroned

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Two studies refute an enzyme’s essential role in remembering and forgetting.

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  • 04 January 2013

    This article originally said that excitement over the PKM-ζ protein began with a paper in Science in 2007. In fact, the increasing interest began with a paper from Todd Sacktor's lab in 2006. The text has now been corrected to reflect this and the 2006 reference has been added.

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