The GDNF receptor: Recent progress and unanswered questions

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 112-119

  Mason, Ivor ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIA DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GROWTH REGULATION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

EID: 0030221877     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1996.0050     Document Type: Review

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