Eph receptors and ephrins: Effectors of morphogenesis

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2033-2044

  Holder, Nigel ^a   Klein, Rüdiger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eph receptors; Ephrins; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPHRIN-A1; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033016108     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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