Sequential implication of the mental retardation proteins ARHGEF6 and PAK3 in spine morphogenesis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 119, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 4986-4993

  Nodé Langlois, Roxanne ^a   Muller, Dominique ^a   Boda, Bernadett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha pix; Hippocampus; Postsynaptic density; SiRNA; Transfection

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 3; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROTEIN ARHGEF6; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN P21; RAC1 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPINE; STAINING; TISSUE CULTURE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DENDRITIC SPINES; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33845912667     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03273     Document Type: Article

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