Rac-GTPases Regulate Microtubule Stability and Axon Growth of Cortical GABAergic Interneurons

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2370-2382

  Tivodar, Simona ^a,b   Kalemaki, Katerina ^a,b   Kounoupa, Zouzana ^a,b   Vidaki, Marina ^a,b,f   Theodorakis, Kostas ^a,b   Denaxa, Myrto ^c   Kessaris, Nicoletta ^d   De Curtis, Ivan ^e   Pachnis, Vassilis ^c   Karagogeos, Domna ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical development; cytoskeleton; medial ganglionic eminence; Rho GTPases

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL; PHOTOPROTEIN; RAC3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; THYROID NUCLEAR FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUBULIN MODULATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GANGLION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; AXON; CELL CYCLE; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; MEDIAN EMINENCE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELL CYCLE; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERNEURONS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTUBULES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PACLITAXEL; PREGNANCY; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 84941595484     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu037     Document Type: Article

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