A novel netrin-1-sensitive mechanism promotes local SNARE-mediated exocytosis during axon branching

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 217-232

  Winkle, Cortney C ^a   McClain, Leslie M ^c   Valtschanoff, Juli G ^a   Park, Charles S ^a   Maglione, Christopher ^a   Gupton, Stephanie L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NETRIN 1; NETRIN 1 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE TRIM9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL EXPANSION; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 84899497684     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201311003     Document Type: Article

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