Functions of Rac GTPases during neuronal development

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 47-58

  De Curtis, Ivan ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axon; Cytoskeleton; Dendrite; Dendritic spine; Exchange factor; GTPases

Indexed keywords

ALSIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN; RAC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC3 PROTEIN; RHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DROSOPHILA; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEMATODE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPTOGENESIS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; NEURONS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 37149057142     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109851     Document Type: Short Survey

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