Regulation of Growth Cone Actin Filaments by Guidance Cues

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-102

  Gallo, Gianluca ^a   Letourneau, Paul C ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Cytoskeleton; Growth cone; Pathfinding; Rho GTPases

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL RECEPTOR; EPHRIN A2; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN P75; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SEMAPHORIN 3A; TRK RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETON; DYNAMICS; FILOPODIUM; GROWTH CONE; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; GROWTH CONES; MICROFILAMENTS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0346120154     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10282     Document Type: Review

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