Drosophila N-cadherin mediates an attractive interaction between photoreceptor axons and their targets

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 443-450

  Prakash, Saurabh ^a   Caldwell, Jason C ^b   Eberl, Daniel F ^b   Clandinin, Thomas R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CADHERIN; CHP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HU ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RETINA CONE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TARGET CELL; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CADHERINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 17444379795     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1415     Document Type: Article

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