Roles of cofilin in development and its mechanisms of regulation

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 275-290

  Ohashi, Kazumasa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Cofilin; Development; LIM kinase; Slingshot

Indexed keywords

COFILIN; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALIA;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84929838453     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12213     Document Type: Review

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