Merlin inhibits neurite outgrowth in the CNS

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 10177-10186

  Schulz, Alexander ^a,c   Geissler, Katja J ^a   Kumar, Sujeet ^b,c   Leichsenring, Gregor ^c   Morrison, Helen ^a   Baader, Stephan L ^b,c  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERLIN; SERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURITES; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; NEURONS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 77955360978     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0840-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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