Constitutive Expression of p21H-RasVal12 in Neurons Induces Increased Axonal Size and Dendritic Microtubule Density in Vivo

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 868-874

  Seeger, Gudrun ^a   Gärtner, Ulrich ^a   Holzer, Max ^a   Arendt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microtubules; Neuron; Ras

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21; VALINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENDRITE; DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE H RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SIZE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENDRITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTUBULES; NEURONS; ONCOGENE PROTEIN P21(RAS); TRANSGENES; VALINE;

EID: 0345412010     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10838     Document Type: Article

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