Netrin instructs synaptic vesicle clustering through Rac GTPase, MIG-10, and the actin cytoskeleton

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-88

  Stavoe, Andrea K H ^a   Colón Ramos, Daniel A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CED 5 PROTEIN; DOCK180 PROTEIN; LAMELLIPODIN; NETRIN; PROTEIN; RAC PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; UNC 40 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 84860270477     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201110127     Document Type: Article

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