Profilin and the Abl tyrosine kinase are required for motor axon outgrowth in the Drosophila embryo

Neuron

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-299

  Wills, Zachary ^a   Marr, Linsey ^b   Zinn, Kai ^c   Goodman, Corey S ^b   Van Vactor, David ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; PROFILIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GROWTH CONE; MUTATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0033083179     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81090-9     Document Type: Article

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