Cloning and expressions of three mammalian homologues of Drosophila slit suggest possible roles for Slit in the formation and maintenance of the nervous system

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-186

  Itoh, Akira ^a   Miyabayashi, Tomoyuki ^a   Ohno, Mitsuharu ^a   Sakano, Seiji ^a  

^a ASAHI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila; EGF like; Leucine rich repeat; Slit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPINAL CORD; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0032570050     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00224-1     Document Type: Article

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