The in vivo roles of STEF/Tiam1, Rac1 and JNK in cortical neuronal migration

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4190-4201

  Kawauchi, Takeshi ^a,b   Chihama, Kaori ^a,b   Nabeshima, Yo Ichi ^a   Hoshino, Mikio ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; MAP1B; Microtubules; Migration; Rac1

Indexed keywords

ANTHRA[1,9 CD]PYRAZOL 6(2H) ONE; BROXURIDINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5; PROTEIN; PROTEIN STEF; PROTEIN TIAM1; RAC1 PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTHRACENES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0042967835     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg413     Document Type: Article

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