Polysialic acid: Versatile modification of NCAM, SynCAM 1 and neuropilin-2

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1134-1143

  Mühlenhoff, Martina ^a   Rollenhagen, Manuela ^a,b   Werneburg, Sebastian ^a,c   Gerardy Schahn, Rita ^a,c   Hildebrandt, Herbert ^a,c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cell adhesion molecules; Cell surface interaction; Dendritic cell migration; NG2 cells; Protein glycosylation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3BETA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROPILIN 2; POLYSIALIC ACID; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; ST8SIA2 PROTEIN; ST8SIA4 PROTEIN; SYNAPTIC CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIALYLATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEUROPILIN-2; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIALIC ACIDS; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878018315     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-0979-2     Document Type: Review

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