Rho GTPases regulate distinct aspects of dendritic arbor growth in Xenopus central neurons in vivo

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-225

  Li, Zheng ^a,b   Van Aelst, Linda ^a   Cline, Hollis T ^a,b  

^a Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NEUROTROPHIN; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GROWTH; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LARVA; MUTATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VACCINIA VIRUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034006173     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/72920     Document Type: Article

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