Formin-2, a novel formin homology protein of the cappuccino subfamily, is highly expressed in the developing and adult central nervous system

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 221-231

  Leader, Benjamin ^a   Leder, Philip ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Formin homology protein; formin 1; formin 2; Limb deformity phenotype

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CODE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

MURINAE;

EID: 0034191965     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00276-8     Document Type: Article

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