The DLK signalling pathway - A double-edged sword in neural development and regeneration

EMBO Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 605-614

  Tedeschi, Andrea ^a   Bradke, Frank ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

axon regeneration; degeneration; DLK; neural development

Indexed keywords

DUAL LEUCINE ZIPPER KINASE; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AXONS; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROGENESIS; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879696121     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2013.64     Document Type: Review

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