The role of the Eph-ephrin signalling system in the regulation of developmental patterning

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 4 SPEC., 2002, Pages 375-384

  Coulthard, Mark G ^a   Duffy, Shannon ^b   Down, Michelle ^b   Evans, Betty ^b   Power, Maryanne ^b   Smith, Fiona ^b   Stylianou, Con ^b   Kleikamp, Sabine ^b   Oates, Andrew ^b   Lackmann, Martin ^b   Burns, Gordon F ^b   Boyd, Andrew W ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Eph receptor; Ephrin; Mouse knockout; Signalling; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EPH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; LIGAND;

BINDING AFFINITY; CANCER; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSPOSON; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; NERVE FIBER; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; EPHRINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0036356054     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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