Distinct and cooperative functions for the protocadherin-α,-β and-γ clusters in neuronal survival and axon targeting

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue DEC2016, 2016, Pages

  Hasegawa, Sonoko ^a,b   Kumagai, Makiko ^a,b   Hagihara, Mitsue ^a,b   Nishimaru, Hiroshi ^c   Hirano, Keizo ^a   Kaneko, Ryosuke ^d   Okayama, Atsushi ^a   Hirayama, Teruyoshi ^a,b   Sanbo, Makoto ^e   Hirabayashi, Masumi ^b,e   Watanabe, Masahiko ^f   Hirabayashi, Takahiro ^a,b   Yagi, Takeshi ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brainstem; Cell adhesion molecule; Gene targeting; Locomotion; Olfactory axon; Protocadherin; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CASPASE 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTOCADHERIN ALPHA; PROTOCADHERIN BETA; PROTOCADHERIN GAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 85007413399     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00155     Document Type: Article

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