Cellular expression of a leech netrin suggests roles in the formation of longitudinal nerve tracts and in regional innervation of peripheral targets

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-115

  Gan, Wen Biao ^a,b   Wong, Victoria Y ^a,c   Phillips, Aloysius ^a   Ma, Charles ^a   Gershon, Timothy R ^a   Macagno, Eduardo R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NETRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEECH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TARGET CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEECHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0032975037     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199907)40:1<103::AID-NEU9>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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