Emerging roles of axin in cerebral cortical development

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue June, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Ye, Tao ^a   K, Amy ^a   Fu, Y ^a   Ip, Nancy Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Axin; Axon formation; Cerebral cortex; Cytoskeletal regulation; Neurogenesis; Polarization

Indexed keywords

AXIN; BETA CATENIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3ALPHA; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE 1; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 84935914387     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00217     Document Type: Article

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