Structural abnormalities develop in the brain after ablation of the gene encoding nonmuscle myosin II-B heavy chain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 433, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-74

  Defelipe, Javier ^a   Arellano, Jon I ^a   Gómez, Antonio ^b   Azmitia, Efrain C ^c   Mun̈oz, Alberto ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Toxicologia   (Spain)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cell adhesion; Cytoskeleton; Hydrocephalus; Nonmuscle myosin II B; Rosette formation

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE DISRUPTION; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; FETUS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSINS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0035938439     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1125     Document Type: Article

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