Temporal requirement for SMN in motoneuron development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2612-2625

  Hao, Le T ^a   Duy, Phan Q ^b   Jontes, James D ^a   Wolman, Marc ^c   Granato, Michael ^c   Beattie, Christine E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Upper Arlington High School   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SURVIVAL; DENDRITIC CELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HALF LIFE TIME; HEAT SHOCK; LIFESPAN; LOCOMOTION; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SWIMMING; SYNAPTOSOME; TRANSGENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MUTATION; NEUROGENESIS; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84878941262     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt110     Document Type: Article

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