Neuroglia and pioneer neurons express UNC-6 to provide global and local netrin cues for guiding migrations in C. elegans

Neuron

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-46

  Wadsworth, William G ^a   Bhatt, Harshida ^b   Hedgecock, Edward M ^c  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LAMININ;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030062518     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80021-5     Document Type: Article

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