Cloning and expression of three zebrafish roundabout homologs suggest roles in axon guidance and cell migration

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 216-230

  Lee, Jeong Soo ^a   Ray, Russell ^b   Chien, Chi Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Cell migration; Roundabout; Slit; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CLONING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; EYE; GANGLIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035007225     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.1136     Document Type: Article

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