Nf2/merlin controls spinal cord neural progenitor function in a Rac1/ErbB2-dependent manner

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Garcia, Cynthia ^a   Gutmann, David H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MERLIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; ERBB2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NEUROPEPTIDE; RAC1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIA; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 2; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SPINAL CORD; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL FRACTIONATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; EPENDYMOMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; NEUROPEPTIDES; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84901218220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097320     Document Type: Article

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