The role of α-E-catenin in cerebral cortex development: Radial glia specific effect on neuronal migration

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Schmid, Marie Theres ^a   Weinandy, Franziska ^a   Wilsch Bräuninger, Michaela ^b   Huttner, Wieland B ^b   Cappello, Silvia ^a,c   Götz, Magdalena ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Adherens junctions; Cell polarity; Neuronal migration; Subcortical band heterotopia; E catenin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905689879     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00215     Document Type: Article

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