Eph receptors and ephrins in neural development

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-73

  O'Leary, Dennis Dm ^a   Wilkinson, David G ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

CELL MIGRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; MIGRATION INHIBITION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032966750     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)80008-7     Document Type: Article

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