A model organism approach: Defining the role of Neph proteins as regulators of neuron and kidney morphogenesis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2347-2359

  Neumann Haefelin, Elke ^a   Kramer Zucker, Albrecht ^a   Slanchev, Krasimir ^a   Hartleben, Björn ^a   Noutsou, Foteini ^a   Martin, Katrin ^a   Wanner, Nicola ^a,c   Ritter, Alexander ^a   Gödel, Markus ^a   Pagel, Philip ^b   Fu, Xiao ^a   Müller, Alexandra ^a   Baumeister, Ralf ^c   Walz, Gerd ^a,c   Huber, Tobias B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEPHRIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRAIN HEK293; EMBRYO; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; KIDNEY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURONS; PDZ DOMAINS; PHYLOGENY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955288636     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq108     Document Type: Article

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