Aberrant axonal projections in mice lacking EphA8 (Eek) tyrosine protein kinase receptors

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3106-3114

  Park, Soochul ^a,b   Frisén, Jonas ^a,c   Barbacid, Mariano ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Gene targeting; Neuronal development; Tyrosine kinase receptors

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; FERTILITY; GENE MUTATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, EPHA8; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0030957996     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3106     Document Type: Article

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