A GIT1/PIX/Rac/PAK signaling module regulates spine morphogenesis and synapse formation through MLC

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3379-3388

  Zhang, Huaye ^a   Webb, Donna J ^a   Asmussen, Hannelore ^a   Niu, Shuang ^a   Horwitz, Alan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Dendritic spines; GIT1; MLC; PAK; PIX; Rac; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALPHA P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; ALPHA P21 ACTIVATED KINASE INTERACTING EXCHANGE FACTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR KINASE INTERACTING PROTEIN 1; GENE PRODUCT; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; RAC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NONSYNDROMIC MENTAL RETARDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DENDRITIC SPINES; DIGLYCERIDES; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SYNAPSES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 16344390935     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3553-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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