The nystagmus-associated FRMD7 gene regulates neuronal outgrowth and development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 342-351

  Betts Henderson, Joanne ^a   Bartesaghi, Stefano ^a   Crosier, Moira ^b   Lindsay, Susan ^b   Chen, Hai Lan ^a   Salomoni, Paolo ^a   Gottlob, Irene ^a   Nicotera, Pierluigi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; FERM DOMAIN CONTAINING 7 PROTEIN; G ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FRMD7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FRMD7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH CONE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TELENCEPHALON; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NEURONS; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 77949471924     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp500     Document Type: Article

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