GDNF family neurotrophic factor signaling: Four masters, one servant

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 313-325

  Airaksinen, Matti S ^a   Titievsky, Alexey ^a   Saarma, Mart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LIGAND; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEURTURIN; PERSEPHIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033023140     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1999.0754     Document Type: Review

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