ArhGEF18 regulates RhoA-Rock2 signaling to maintain neuro-epithelial apico-basal polarity and proliferation

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2787-2797

  Herder, Cathrin ^a   Swiercz, Jakub M ^b   Müller, Claudia ^c,d   Peravali, Ravindra ^a   Quiring, Rebecca ^c,e   Offermanns, Stefan ^b   Wittbrodt, Joachim ^a,c,d   Loosli, Felix ^a,c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e Patent Department   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ArhGEF18; Epithelial polarity; Medaka; Retina; Rho signaling; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ARHGEF18 PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ROCK 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTAGENESIS; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYZIAS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WILD TYPE;

ARHGEF18; EPITHELIAL POLARITY; MEDAKA; RETINA; RHO SIGNALING; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; ORYZIAS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ORYZIINAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878822249     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.096487     Document Type: Article

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