Transduction of Extracellular Cues into Cell Polarity: the Role of the Transmembrane Proteoglycan NG2

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 482-493

  Binamé, Fabien ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Migration; NG2; Oligodendrocyte precursors; Polarity; Rho GTPases

Indexed keywords

FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; NERVE GLIAL ANTIGEN 2; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIGEN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN 4;

CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; HUMANS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEOGLYCANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84911007704     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-013-8610-8     Document Type: Review

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