Implication of the proprotein convertase NARC-1/PCSK9 in the development of the nervous system

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 838-850

  Poirier, Steve ^a   Prat, Annik ^a   Marcinkiewicz, Edwige ^a   Paquin, Joanne ^b   Chitramuthu, Babykumari P ^c   Baranowski, David ^c   Cadieux, Benoit ^c   Bennett, Hugh P J ^c   Seidah, Nabil G ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Neural apoptosis regulated convertase 1 proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin like 9; Neurogenesis; P19 cells; Proprotein convertase; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

FURIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEURAL APOPTOSIS REGULATED CONVERTASE 1; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN LIKE 9; PROTEINASE; RETINOIC ACID; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEATH; FERTILIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; RODENTIA;

EID: 33745875635     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03928.x     Document Type: Article

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