Cytoskeleton in action: Lissencephaly, a neuronal migration disorder

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 229-245

  Moon, Hyang Mi ^a   Wynshaw Boris, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ALKYL 2 ACETYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ESTERASE; ARISTALESS RELATED HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; COFILIN; CRK LIKE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5; DOUBLECORTIN; DOUBLECORTIN LIKE KINASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RELATED RECEPTOR 8; MICROTUBULE AFFINITY REGULATING KINASE 1; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5; NUCLEAR DISTRIBUTION GENE E HOMOLOG 1; NUCLEAR DISTRIBUTION GENE E HOMOLOG 1 PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR ACETYLHYDROLASE ISOFORM 1B REGULATORY SUBUNIT 1; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE B; REELIN; RHO KINASE; SRC FAMILY KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; TUBULIN; TUBULIN ALPHA SUBUNIT 1A ISOFORM; TUBULIN BETA SUBUNIT 2B ISOFORM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED PROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

AGYRIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CYTOSKELETON; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MILLER DIEKER SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MOTION; GENETICS; MALFORMATION OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP II; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; LISSENCEPHALY; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT, GROUP II; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURONS;

EID: 84886253792     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.67     Document Type: Article

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