Catalytic and non-catalytic forms of the neurotrophin receptor xTrkB mRNA are expressed in a pseudo-segmental manner within the early Xenopus central nervous system

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 973-983

  Islam, Nazrul ^a   Gagnon, France ^a   Moss, Tom ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

development; neurobiology; neurotrophin; TrkB; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029857366     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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