Rac is required for growth cone function but not neurite assembly

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 635-641

  Lamoureux, Phillip ^a   Altun Gultekin, Zeynep F ^b   Lin, Chingju ^a   Wagner, John A ^b   Heidemann, Steven R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal elongation; Growth cone; GTPase; PC12; rac; rho family; Tension

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; GROWTH CONE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIVISION; GENES, DOMINANT; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURITES; PC12 CELLS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RATS;

EID: 0030897258     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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