The p21-activated kinase Pak1 regulates induction and migration of the neural crest in Xenopus

Cell Cycle

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1316-1324

  Bisson, Nicolas ^a   Wedlich, Doris ^a   Moss, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Neural crest; Pak1; Snail1; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 84860323225     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.19685     Document Type: Article

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