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The brain microtubule-associated protein MAP2 is composed of two high molecular (MAP2a and b) and one low molecular (MAP2c) weight isoforms. All these forms were thought to contain three repeated microtubule-binding domains in their C-terminal region but a MAP2c variant containing four repeats has recently been identified. We report here the existence of two high molecular weight MAP2 isoforms with four microtubule-binding domains in the sensory neuronal cell line ND 7/23. A stretch of 135 bp is missing in one of these forms suggesting that several HMW MAP2 variants can be produced by alternative splicing.