KIF1A/UNC-104 Transports ATG-9 to Regulate Neurodevelopment and Autophagy at Synapses

Developmental Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 171-185

  Stavoe, Andrea K H ^a   Hill, Sarah E ^a   Hall, David H ^b   Colón Ramos, Daniel A ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 5; AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 9; F ACTIN; KINESIN 1; NETRIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATG9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; AUTOPHAGY RELATED PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; UNC-104 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; AXON; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GLIA; GROWTH CONE; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NULL ALLELE; PENETRANCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SELECTIVE AUTOPHAGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AUTOPHAGY; AUTOPHAGY-RELATED PROTEINS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84992609382     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.06.012     Document Type: Article

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