The SMN binding protein Gemin2 is not involved in motor axon outgrowth

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-194

  McWhorter, Michelle L ^a,b   Boon, Kum Ioong ^a   Horan, Erin S ^a   Burghes, Arthur H M ^a   Beattie, Christine E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gemin2; Genetic mosaics; Morpholinos; Morphology; Motor axons; SMA; SMN; snRNP; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GEMIN 2; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRUNK; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH CONES; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 38849147023     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20582     Document Type: Article

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