Protein phosphatase 2A cooperates with the autophagyrelated kinase UNC-51 to regulate axon guidance in Caenorhabditis elegans

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1657-1667

  Ogura, Ken Ichi ^a   Okada, Takako ^a   Mitani, Shohei ^b   Gengyo Ando, Keiko ^b   Baillie, David L ^c   Kohara, Yuji ^d   Goshima, Yoshio ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; C. Elegans; PP2A; Serine threonine protein kinase; Serine threonine protein phosphatase

Indexed keywords

NETRIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN UNC 51; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AUTOPHAGY; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROGENESIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PAA;

EID: 77952220270     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.050708     Document Type: Article

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