Crucial polarity regulators in axon specification

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-68

  Lalli, Giovanna ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; CELL POLARITY; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL POLARITY; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84871857001     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSE0530055     Document Type: Article

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