The netrin-G1 ligand NGL-1 promotes the outgrowth of thalamocortical axons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1270-1276

  Lin, John C ^a   Ho, Wei Hsien ^a   Gurney, Austin ^b   Rosenthal, Arnon ^a  

^a Rinat Neuroscience Corporation   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NETRIN G1; NETRIN G1 LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHICK EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0344442833     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1148     Document Type: Article

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