A role for drosophila Drac1 in neurite outgrowth and synaptogenesis in the giant fiber system

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 754-765

  Allen, Marcus J ^a   Shan, Xiaoliang ^a   Murphey, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN DRAC1; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0034523420     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.2000.0903     Document Type: Article

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