Axon guidance at the midline: From mutants to mechanisms

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 319-341

  Garbe, David S ^a   Bashaw, Greg J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; DCC; Growth cone; Netrin; Repulsion; Robo; Slit

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; NETRIN; RECEPTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SLIT2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL SPECIFICITY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; GROWTH CONE; INVERTEBRATE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CUES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11444263269     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230490906797     Document Type: Review

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