Two Eph receptor tyrosine kinase ligands control axon growth and may be involved in the creation of the retinotectal map in the zebrafish

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 655-664

  Brennan, Caroline ^a   Monschau, Bruno ^b   Lindberg, Rick ^c   Guthrie, Brenda ^c   Drescher, Uwe ^b   Bonhoeffer, Friedrich ^b   Holder, Nigel ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidence; Eph ligands; Retinotectal map; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIGAND; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH CONE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BINDING SITES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; COS CELLS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0031042791     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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