Expression of EphA4, ephrin-A2 and ephrin-A5 during axon outgrowth to the hindlimb indicates potential roles in pathfinding

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 237-250

  Eberhart, J ^a   Swartz, M ^a   Koblar, S A ^d   Pasquale, E B ^b   Tanaka, H ^c   Krull, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Eph receptors; Ephrins; Motor neurons

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; LIGAND; POLYSIALIC ACID; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FASCICULATION; HINDLIMB; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0033910220     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017446     Document Type: Article

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