Growth cone steering by a physiological electric field requires dynamic microtubules, microfilaments and Rac-mediated filopodial asymmetry

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1736-1745

  Rajnicek, Ann M ^a   Foubister, Louise E ^a   McCaig, Colin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electric field; Filopodia; Growth cone; Lamellipoda; Rho GTPases

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NOCODAZOLE; PACLITAXEL; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; VINBLASTINE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EMBRYO; FILOPODIUM; GROWTH CONE; LAMELLIPODIUM; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; XENOPUS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GROWTH CONES; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; NEURONS; PSEUDOPODIA; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33744532670     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02897     Document Type: Article

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