EphA-ephrin-A signaling is critically involved in region-specific apoptosis during early brain development

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-180

  Park, E ^a   Kim, Y ^a   Noh, H ^a   Lee, H ^a   Yoo, S ^a   Park, S ^a  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

apoptosis; early brain development; EphA; ephrin A

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; EPHRIN; EPHRIN A1; EPHRIN A2; EPHRIN A5; EPHRIN A7; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL CONTACT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; DIENCEPHALON; EPHRIN-A2; EPHRIN-A5; FEMALE; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, EPHA7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84871002679     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2012.121     Document Type: Article

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