Fine-tuning of neuronal architecture requires two profilin isoforms

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 15780-15785

  Michaelsen, Kristin ^a   Murk, Kai ^a   Zagrebelsky, Marta ^a   Dreznjak, Anita ^a   Jockusch, Brigitte M ^a   Rothkegel, Martin ^a   Korte, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Dendritic complexity; Hippocampus; Neuronal cytoskeleton; p75 neurotrophin receptor

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; PROFILIN; PROFILIN 2 A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; NEURONS; PROFILINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77957675107     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004406107     Document Type: Article

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