Ezrin mediates neuritogenesis via down-regulation of RhoA activity in cultured cortical neurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Matsumoto, Yosuke ^a   Inden, Masatoshi ^b   Tamura, Atsushi ^c   Hatano, Ryo ^a   Tsukita, Sachiko ^c   Asano, Shinji ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EZRIN; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 2; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; AMIDE; CARDIAC MYOSIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; RADIXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; CARDIAC MYOSINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; PYRIDINES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84929510165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105435     Document Type: Article

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