The expression and alternative splicing of alpha-neurexins during Xenopus development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-46

  Zeng, Zhihong ^a,c   Sharpe, Colin R ^a   Simons, J Paul ^b   Górecki, Dariusz C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Development; Neurexin; Primary neuron; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NEUREXIN; BETA NEUREXIN; ISOPROTEIN; NEUREXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NRXN GENE; NRXNIALPHA; NRXNIIALPHA; NRXNIIIALPHA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RNA SPLICING; SPINAL CORD; STAINING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OOCYTES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 31344433424     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.052068zz     Document Type: Article

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