Molecular mechanisms of cell shape changes that contribute to vertebrate neural tube closure

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 266-276

  Suzuki, Makoto ^a,b   Morita, Hitoshi ^a   Ueno, Naoto ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Apical constriction; Cell elongation; Epithelial remodeling; Microtubule

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.1 PROTEIN; MAMMALIAN ENABLED PROTEIN; MARCKS PROTEIN; MYOSIN II; NECTIN 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RHO KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL ELONGATION; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; GENE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE CLOSURE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SHROOM 3 GENE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS; NEURULATION; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860262495     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2012.01346.x     Document Type: Review

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