RNAi reveals doublecortin is required for radial migration in rat neocortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1277-1283

  Bai, Jilin ^a   Ramos, Raddy L ^a   Ackman, James B ^a   Thomas, Ankur M ^a   Lee, Richard V ^a   LoTurco, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; FETUS; GENETIC CODE; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 0344395644     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1153     Document Type: Article

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