Loss-of-Function Analysis of EphA Receptors in Retinotectal Mapping

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2542-2550

  Feldheim, David A ^a,c   Nakamoto, Masaru ^a,d   Osterfield, Miriam ^a   Gale, Nicholas W ^b   DeChiara, Thomas M ^b   Rohatgi, Rajat ^a   Yancopoulos, George D ^b   Flanagan, John G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Eph; Ephrin; Receptor; Retina; Topographic

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A1; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTOR, EPHA3; RECEPTOR, EPHA5; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 1542327615     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0239-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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