Tyrosine phosphorylation and axon guidance: Of mice and flies

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-74

  Desai, Chang J ^a   Sun, Qi ^a   Zinn, Kai ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE;

CELL ADHESION; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031051796     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80122-5     Document Type: Article

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