Retarded growth and deficits in the enteric and parasympathetic nervous system in mice lacking GFRα2, a functional neurturin receptor

Neuron

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-252

  Rossi, Jari ^a   Luukko, Keijo ^a   Poteryaev, Dmitry ^a   Laurikainen, Antti ^a   Sun, Yun Fu ^a   Laakso, Tiina ^a   Eerikäinen, Simo ^a   Tuominen, Raimo ^a   Lakso, Merja ^a   Rauvala, Heikki ^a   Arumäe, Urmas ^a   Pasternack, Michael ^a   Saarma, Mart ^a   Airaksinen, Matti S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALBUMIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; NEURTURIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P; TETRODOTOXIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DRY EYE; EMBRYO; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RETARDATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LACRIMAL GLAND; MOUSE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND;

EID: 0033083093     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81086-7     Document Type: Article

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