Targeted deletion of the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4 gene in the nervous system causes severe brain developmental defects and premature death

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7935-7946

  Wang, Xin ^a   Nadarajah, Bagirathy ^a   Robinson, Andrew C ^a   McColl, Barry W ^a   Jin, Jia Wei ^a   Dajas Bailador, Federico ^a   Boot Handford, Raymond P ^a,b   Tournier, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4 GENE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PURKINJE CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL MOVEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; ISOENZYMES; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY;

MUS;

EID: 36048978128     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00226-07     Document Type: Article

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