Class III β-tubulin isotype: A key cytoskeletal protein at the crossroads of developmental neurobiology and tumor neuropathology

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 851-866

  Katsetos, Christos D ^a,b   Legido, Agustin ^a   Perentes, Elias ^c   Mörk, Sverre J ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN REGION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO CELL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TELENCEPHALON; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0345874561     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307380301801205     Document Type: Review

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