Unique requirement for Rb/E2F3 in neuronal migration: Evidence for cell cycle-independent functions

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4825-4843

  McClellan, Kelly A ^a   Ruzhynsky, Vladimir A ^a   Douda, David N ^a   Vanderluit, Jacqueline L ^a   Ferguson, Kerry L ^a   Chen, Danian ^b   Bremner, Rod ^b   Park, David S ^a   Leone, Gustavo ^c   Slack, Ruth S ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; E2F1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; E2F3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; STEM CELLS; TELENCEPHALON;

MUS;

EID: 34249781210     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.02100-06     Document Type: Article

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