Axon guidance at the central nervous system midline

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1365-1376

  Tear, G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attraction; Axon; Drosophila; Embryo; Floor plate; Guidance; Midline; Repulsion; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0033618883     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050377     Document Type: Review

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