short stop is allelic to kakapo, and encodes rod-like cytoskeletal- associated proteins required for axon extension

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1096-1108

  Lee, Seungbok ^a   Harris, Kerri Lee ^b   Whitington, Paul M ^b   Kolodziej, Peter A ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Cytoskeleton; Drosophila; GAS2; Growth cone; Kakapo; Short stop

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; SHORT STOP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRIPLE HELIX;

EID: 0034143380     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-03-01096.2000     Document Type: Article

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