What is a potential explanation for this observation

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You are studying a mutant neurofilament protein in mice that lacks the large carboxyl terminal domain characteristic of this intermediate filament protein. You find the mutant protein still assembles into neurofilaments in axons, but the neurofilaments are now spaced much more closely together than they are in mice expressing the normal form of the protein. What is a potential explanation for this observation?

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