The netrin 1 receptors Unc5h3 and Dcc are necessary at multiple choice points for the guidance of corticospinal tract axons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 10346-10356

  Finger, Jacqueline H ^a   Bronson, Rod T ^a,b   Harris, Belinda ^a   Johnson, Kenneth ^a   Przyborski, Stefan A ^a,c   Ackerman, Susan L ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsal funiculus; Mouse; P3 domain; Pyramidal decussation; Rcm; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NETRIN; NETRIN 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN DCC; PROTEIN UNC5H3; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

EID: 0036897161     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-23-10346.2002     Document Type: Article

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