A conserved PTEN/FOXO pathway regulates neuronal morphology during C. elegans development

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5257-5267

  Christensen, Ryan ^a   de la Torre Ubieta, L ^b   Bonni, Azad ^b   Colón Ramos, Daniel A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon outgrowth; Dendrite morphology; FOXO; Neurodevelopment; PTEN

Indexed keywords

DAF 18 PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRUCTURE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURITES; NEUROGENESIS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80755184820     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.069062     Document Type: Article

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