Expression of Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and their ligands in chick embryonic motor neurons and hindlimb muscles

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 685-698

  Iwamasa, Hiroko ^a,b   Ohta, Kunimasa ^a   Yamada, Tomoko ^a   Ushijima, Kazuo ^b   Terasaki, Hidenori ^b   Tanaka, Hideaki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Eph; Limb muscle; Motor neuron; Receptor tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; LIGAND; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LEG MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; EPHRIN-A2; EPHRIN-A5; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, EPHA1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033378818     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1999.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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