Identification of domains of netrin UNC-6 that mediate attractive and repulsive guidance and responses from cells and growth cones

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 7080-7087

  Lim, Yoo shick ^a   Wadsworth, William G ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; C. elegans; Cell migration; Netrin; Structure function; UNC 6

Indexed keywords

NETRIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GROWTH CONE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

EID: 0037104797     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-16-07080.2002     Document Type: Article

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