Normal levels of Rac1 are important for dendritic but not axonal development in hippocampal neurons

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 455-464

  Gualdoni, Sara ^a   Albertinazzi, Chiara ^b   Corbetta, Sara ^a   Valtorta, Flavia ^b   de Curtis, Ivan ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actin; Axon; Dendrite; GTPase; Hippocampal neuron; Rac1

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; F ACTIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC3 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRAIN COS7; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DOWN REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DENDRITES; GROWTH CONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SYNAPSES;

MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547969376     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20060119     Document Type: Article

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