Phosphorylation of cofilin by LIM-kinase is necessary for semaphorin 3A-induced growth cone collapse

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 367-373

  Aizawa, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Wakatsuki, Shuji ^a   Ishii, Ai ^a   Moriyama, Kenji ^a   Sasaki, Yukio ^c   Ohashi, Kazumasa ^d   Sekine Aizawa, Yoko ^b,e   Sehara Fujisawa, Atsuko ^a   Mizuno, Kensaku ^d   Goshima, Yoshio ^c,f   Yahara, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COFILIN; LIM PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; SEMAPHORIN 3A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GROWTH CONE; HAMSTER; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPINAL GANGLION;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH CONES; HUMANS; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEMAPHORIN-3A; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0035096551     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/86011     Document Type: Article

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