Rho activation is apically restricted by arhgap1 in neural crest cells and drives epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3198-3209

  Clay, Matthew R ^a,b   Halloran, Mary C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emt; Gap; Neural crest; Rhogtpase; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARHGAP1 PROTEIN; F ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II; PROTEIN CDC42; RHO FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APICAL DETACHMENT; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMIC BIOSENSOR; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE SILENCING; IN VIVO STUDY; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

EMT; GAP; NEURAL CREST; RHOGTPASE; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MYOSIN TYPE II; NEURAL CREST; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84880318963     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.095448     Document Type: Article

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