Enabled (Xena) regulates neural plate morphogenesis, apical constriction, and cellular adhesion required for neural tube closure in Xenopus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 314, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 393-403

  Roffers Agarwal, Julaine ^a   Xanthos, Jennifer B ^a   Kragtorp, Katherine A ^a   Miller, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a Cell Biology and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin dynamics; Adhesion; Apical wedging; Ena VASP; Morphogenesis; Neurulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEURULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS;

ENA; MUS;

EID: 38949149336     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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