NGF-mediated survival depends on p21ras in chick sympathetic neurons from the superior cervical but not from lumbosacral ganglia

Developmental Biology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 306-310

  Markus, Annette ^a   Holst, Alexander v ^b   Rohrer, Hermann ^b   Heumann, Rolf ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN P21; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVATION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE H RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 0031573032     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8771     Document Type: Article

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