Eph-related receptors and their ligands: Mediators of contact dependent cell interactions

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 576-586

  Xu, Qiling ^a,b,c,d   Wilkinson, David G ^b,e,f,g  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Devmtl Psychiatry Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d NIMR ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g Div of Developmental Neurobiology

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Cell migration; Eph; Ligand; Receptor tyrosine kinase; Repulsion

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; DYSLEXIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LIGANDS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030774904     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050142     Document Type: Review

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