Sek4 and Nuk receptors cooperate in guidance of commissural axons and in palate formation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6035-6049

  Orioli, Donata ^a   Henkemeyer, Mark ^b,e   Lemke, Greg ^d   Klein, Rüdiger ^a   Pawson, Tony ^b,c  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon fasciculation; Axon guidance; Eph related receptors; Palate formation; Tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; FASCICULATION; HEMISPHERE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029858435     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00992.x     Document Type: Article

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