Met receptor signaling is required for sensory nerve development and HGF promotes axonal growth and survival of sensory neurons

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3341-3350

  Maina, Flavio ^a   Hilton, Mark C ^b   Ponzetto, Carola ^c   Davies, Alun M ^b   Klein, Rüdiger ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axonal growth; Hepatocyte growth factor; Met; Nerve growth factor; Neuronal survival; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; METHIONINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; SCATTER FACTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031440947     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.24.3341     Document Type: Article

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