Axon guidance at choice points

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-79

  Stoeckli, Esther T ^a   Landmesser, Lynn T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXONIN 1; NETRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSOCIATION; GROWTH CONE; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031956885     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80010-X     Document Type: Article

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