The role of NT-3 signaling in Merkel cell development

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 146, Issue , 2004, Pages 63-72

  Sieber Blum, Maya ^a   Szeder, Viktor ^a,b   Grim, Milos ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mechanoreceptor; Merkel cell; Neural crest; NT 3; p75NTR; TrkC

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; P75 NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE C; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MECHANORECEPTOR; MERKEL CELL; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0348110432     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(03)46004-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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