Mena and vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein are required for multiple actin-dependent processes that shape the vertebrate nervous system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 37, 2004, Pages 8029-8038

  Menzies, A Sheila ^a   Aszodi, Attila ^b   Williams, Scott E ^c   Pfeifer, Alexander ^d   Wehman, Ann M ^a   Goh, Keow Lin ^a   Mason, Carol A ^c   Fassler, Reinhard ^b   Gertler, Frank B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Axon guidance; Commissure; Cytoskeleton; Ena VASP; Mena; Neurulation; Vasodilator stimulated phosphoprotein; VASP

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MAMMALIAN ENABLED VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC CELL; FOREBRAIN; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASODILATATION; VERTEBRATE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ACTINS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MOVEMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENES, LETHAL; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; OPTIC CHIASM; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROSENCEPHALON; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 4644333836     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1057-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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