From filopodia to synapses: The role of actin-capping and anti-capping proteins

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1655-1662

  Menna, Elisabetta ^a   Fossati, Giuliana ^a   Scita, Giorgio ^b   Matteoli, Michela ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDNF; Capping proteins; Filopodia formation; Neuritogenesis; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN CAPPING PROTEIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; AMPA RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; F ACTIN; FASCIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; SYNDECAN 2; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

FILOPODIUM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ACTIN CAPPING PROTEINS; ACTINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PSEUDOPODIA; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 81855166229     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07897.x     Document Type: Review

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