An emerging link between cytoskeletal dynamics and cell adhesion molecules in growth cone guidance

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-116

  Suter, Daniel M ^a   Forscher, Paul ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CYTOSKELETON; GROWTH CONE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031967521     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80014-7     Document Type: Article

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