Dynamic expression of cadherins regulates vocal development in a songbird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Matsunaga, Eiji ^a   Suzuki, Kenta ^a,c,e   Kato, Shigeki ^b   Kurotani, Tohru ^c   Kobayashi, Kazuto ^b   Okanoya, Kazuo ^a,c,d  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CADHERIN 7; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FINCH; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENTIVIRINAE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; LONCHURA STRIATA DOMESTICA; PASSERI; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CADHERINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING; LENTIVIRUS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 80052945401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025272     Document Type: Article

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