ZPK/DLK, a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase, is a critical mediator of programmed cell death of motoneurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7223-7228

  Itoh, Aki ^a,b   Horiuchi, Makoto ^a,b   Wakayama, Kouji ^a,b   Xu, Jie ^b   Bannerman, Peter ^a,b   Pleasure, David ^a,b   Itoh, Takayuki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; PROTEIN DLK; PROTEIN ZPK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; MALE; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 79956318147     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5947-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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