Cell organization, growth, and neural and cardiac development require αII-spectrin
Stankewich MC, Cianci CD, Stabach PR, Ji L, Nath A, Morrow JS. Cell organization, growth, and neural and cardiac development require αII-spectrin. Journal Of Cell Science 2011, 124: 3956-3966. PMID: 22159418, PMCID: PMC3244980, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.080374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAnimalsAnkyrinsAxonsBody PatterningCarrier ProteinsCell MembraneCell PolarityCell ProliferationCraniofacial AbnormalitiesEmbryo, MammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentFemaleFibroblastsGene DeletionHeart Defects, CongenitalMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicrofilament ProteinsNeural Tube DefectsNeuroepithelial CellsPhenotypeProtein StabilityPseudopodiaSpectrinConceptsΑII-spectrinSteady-state protein levelsΒIII spectrinEmbryonic day 12.5Tissue patterningRenal epithelial cellsEmbryonic lethalCortical actinOrgan developmentAnkyrin BExon trappingEmbryonic fibroblastsTranscriptional levelΒ-spectrinCardiac developmentCell organizationCell spreadingAxon formationNeural tubeHeterozygous animalsTargeted disruptionApical membraneNeuroepithelial cellsDay 12.5Cell morphology