Control of semaphorin signaling

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 532-541

  Castellani, Valérie ^a   Rougon, Geneviève ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ISOPROTEIN; RECEPTOR; SEMAPHORIN; SEMAPHORIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL SURFACE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036801277     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(02)00357-4     Document Type: Review

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