Balanced Vav2 GEF activity regulates neurite outgrowth and branching in vitro and in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-128

  Moon, Myung soon ^a   Gomez, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon pathfinding; Commissural interneuron; GEF; Growth cone; L1; Rac1; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; LAMININ; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAV PROTEIN; VAV2 PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH CONE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WILD TYPE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GROWTH CONES; HUMANS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEURITES; NEUROGENESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-VAV; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD; TYROSINE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77952542645     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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