Telling axons where to grow: A role for eph receptor tyrosine kinases in guidance

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 487-495

  Brambilla, Riccardo ^a   Klein, Rüdiger ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

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EID: 0029609618     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1995.0001     Document Type: Review

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