The Eph family in retinal axon guidance

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-80

  Drescher, Uwe ^a   Bonhoeffer, Friedrich ^a   Müller, Bernhard K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; RECEPTOR;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CONE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031045635     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80123-7     Document Type: Article

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