Conservation and divergence of axon guidance mechanisms

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 603-615

  Chisholm, Andrew ^a   Tessier Lavigne, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; RECEPTOR;

BIODIVERSITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0032873838     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)00021-5     Document Type: Review

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