The role of the Rho GTPases in neuronal development

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-49

  Govek, Eve Ellen ^a,b   Newey, Sarah E ^a   Van Aelst, Linda ^a,b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon formation, guidance, and regeneration; Dendrite formation; Nervous system disorders; Neurite formation; Rho GTPases; Spine morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; AXONAL INJURY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEURONS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 11844304062     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1256405     Document Type: Review

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