The actin depolymerizing factor n-cofilin is essential for neural tube morphogenesis and neural crest cell migration

Developmental Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 231-241

  Gurniak, Christine B ^a   Perlas, Emerald ^a   Witke, Walter ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Actin depolymerizing factor; Cofilin; Neural crest cell migration

Indexed keywords

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; COFILIN; F ACTIN; N COFILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 11844276055     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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