Transcription factors and effectors that regulate neuronal morphology

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 4667-4680

  Santiago, Celine ^a   Bashaw, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Dendritic morphology; Lateral position; Midline crossing; Motor neurons; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN ROBO3; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZIC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONNECTOME; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; MORPHOGENESIS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEURONAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL ACCESSORY MOTOR NEURON; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; AXON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84919360115     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.110817     Document Type: Review

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