Platelet-derived growth factor is constitutively secreted from neuronal cell bodies but not from axons

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 1283-1286

  Fruttiger, Marcus ^a   Calver, Andrew R ^b   Richardson, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034687236     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00757-0     Document Type: Article

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