Neuregulin-2 is Developmentally Regulated and Targeted to Dendrites of Central Neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 472, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 156-172

  Longart, Marines ^a   Liu, Yun ^a,b   Karavanova, Irina ^a   Buonanno, Andres ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Development; EGF; ErbB receptor; Processing

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; EPITOPE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUREGULIN 2; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUREGULIN 1 GENE; NEUREGULIN 2 GENE; NEUREGULIN 3 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PURKINJE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUREGULIN-1; NEURONS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 1842563134     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20016     Document Type: Article

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