Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor is an axonal chemoattractant and a neurotrophic factor for spinal motor neurons

Neuron

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1157-1172

  Ebens, Allen ^d   Brose, Katja ^d   Leonardo, E David ^a   Hanson Jr , M Gartz ^b   Bladt, Friedhelm ^c   Birchmeier, Carmen ^c   Barres, Barbara A ^b   Tessier Lavigne, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCLEROTOME; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

EID: 0001517943     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80247-0     Document Type: Article

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