The neuronal architecture of Xenopus retinal ganglion cells is sculpted by Rho-family GTPases in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 8454-8463

  Ruchhoeft, Maureen L ^a   Ohnuma, Shin Ichi ^b   McNeill, Lisa ^a,c   Holt, Christine E ^b   Harris, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Xcyte Therapies   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonogenesis; Cdc42; Dendritogenesis; GTPase; Rac1; RhoA

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CDC42; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GROWTH CONE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033215982     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-19-08454.1999     Document Type: Article

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