Topographic targeting and pathfinding errors of retinal axons following overexpression of ephrinA ligands on retinal ganglion cell axons

Developmental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 297-311

  Dütting, Dieter ^a   Handwerker, Claudia ^a   Drescher, Uwe ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Chiasm; DiI labeling; Ephrins; Pathfinding; Retinotectal projection; Retrovirus; Topographic targeting

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RETINAL; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; EMBRYO; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; RETROVIRUS;

UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0242707647     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9489     Document Type: Article

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