Analysis of EphB receptors and their ligands in the developing retinocollicular system of the wallaby reveals dynamic patterns of expression in the retina

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1549-1558

  Vidovic, Maria ^a,b   Marotte, Lauren R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ephrins; Immunohistochemistry; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Topographic connections

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN B1 RECEPTOR; EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN B2 RECEPTOR; EPHRIN B3; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KANGAROO; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EPHRINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPODIDAE; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0141481994     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02882.x     Document Type: Article

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