Actin-rich protrusions and nonlocalized GTPase activation in merlin-deficient schwannomas

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 608-616

  Flaiz, Christine ^a   Kaempchen, Katherine ^b   Matthies, Cordula ^c   Hanemann, Clemens Oliver ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

GTPases; Randomly activated cellular protrusions; Schwannomas

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MERLIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FILOPODIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING; LAMELLIPODIUM; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TUMOR CELL;

ACTINS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PSEUDOPODIA; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SCHWANN CELLS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 34447329302     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/nen.0b013e318093e555     Document Type: Article

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