Overlapping expression pattern of the actin organizers Spir-1 and formin-2 in the developing mouse nervous system and the adult brain

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-255

  Schumacher, Nina ^b   Borawski, Johanna M ^a   Leberfinger, Cornelia B ^a   Gessler, Manfred ^b   Kerkhoff, Eugen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Brain; Cappuccino; Cytoskeleton; Formin 2; Nervous system; Spir 1; Spire

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN FORMIN 2; PROTEIN SPIR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1642400437     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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