Ephrin-A5 (AL-1/RAGS) is essential for proper retinal axon guidance and topographic mapping in the mammalian visual system

Neuron

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 235-243

  Frisén, Jonas ^a,b   Yates, Paul A ^c   McLaughlin, Todd ^c   Friedman, Glenn C ^c   O'Leary, Dennis D M ^c   Barbacid, Mariano ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; GENE MAPPING; HYPOTHESIS; LIGAND BINDING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0032006223     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80452-3     Document Type: Article

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