Axon guidance at the midline choice point

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 154-181

  Kaprielian, Zaven ^a   Runko, Erik ^a   Imondi, Ralph ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon pathfinding; BMP; Comm; Commissural axon; DCC; Derailed; Ephrins; Floor plate; Ig CAM; Midline repellent; Netrin; Robo; Slit; Spinal cord; VEMA; Ventral nerve cord

Indexed keywords

AXONIN 1; ENTACTIN; NETRIN;

BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DROSOPHILA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; SPINAL CORD; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034997358     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.1143     Document Type: Review

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