N- and C-terminal domains of β-catenin, respectively, are required to initiate and shape axon arbors of retinal ganglion cells in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 6567-6575

  Elul, Tamira M ^a,b   Kimes, Nikole E ^a,b   Kohwi, Minoree ^a   Reichardt, Louis F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon arborization; Axon branching; Lipofection; PDZ proteins; Retinal ganglion cells; Xenopus laevis; catenin; catenin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SHAPE; EMBRYO; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0041342028     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-16-06567.2003     Document Type: Article

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