New aspects of tropomyosin-regulated neuritogenesis revealed by the deletion of Tm5NM1 and 2

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 489-498

  Fath, Thomas ^a,b   Agnes Chan, Yee Ka ^b,c   Vrhovski, Bernadette ^c   Clarke, Hamish ^b,c   Curthoys, Nikki ^a,b   Hook, Jeff ^a,b   Lemckert, Frances ^c   Schevzov, Galina ^a,b   Tam, Patrick ^d   Watson, Catherine M ^d   Khoo, Poh Lynn ^d   Gunning, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Isoform switching; Knockout; Neurite branching; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

TM5NM1 PROTEIN; TM5NM2 PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADULT ANIMAL; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TROPOMYOSIN;

MUS;

EID: 77952009376     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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