Rac1 deficiency in the forebrain results in neural progenitor reduction and microcephaly

Developmental Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 162-170

  Chen, Lei ^a   Melendez, Jaime ^a   Campbell, Kenneth ^a   Kuan, Chia Yi ^a   Zheng, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Microcephaly; Neural development; Neural progenitors; Rac1; Rho GTPases

Indexed keywords

RAC1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GENE DELETION; MICROCEPHALY; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 57849117430     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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