Semaphorin III can repulse and inhibit adult sensory afferents in vivo

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1398-1401

  Tanelian, Darrell L ^a   Barry, Michael A ^a,b   Johnston, Stephen Albert ^a   Le, Thuy ^a   Smith, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FASCICLIN I;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; GROWTH REGULATION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SENSORY NERVE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEMAPHORIN-3A; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031450318     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1297-1398     Document Type: Article

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