Reading of concentration gradients by axonal growth cones

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1399, 2000, Pages 971-982

  Löschinger, Jürgen ^a   Weth, Franco ^a   Bonhoeffer, Friedrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Ephrins; Gradient; Growth cone; Retinotectal projection; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034729908     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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