The cyclin-dependent kinase Cdk5 controls multiple aspects of axon patterning in vivo

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 599-603

  Connell Crowley, Lisa ^a   Le Gall, Maude ^a   Vo, Duc J ^a   Giniger, Edward ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDK5 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEURONAL CDK5 ACTIVATOR (P25 P35); NEURONAL CDK5 ACTIVATOR (P25-P35);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 5; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034193551     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00487-5     Document Type: Article

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