RGM is a repulsive guidance molecule for retinal axons

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6905, 2002, Pages 392-395

  Monnier, Philippe P ^a   Sierra, Ana ^a   Macchi, Paolo ^b   Deitinghoff, Lutz ^a   Andersen, Jens S ^c   Mann, Matthias ^c   Flad, Manuela ^d   Hornberger, Martin R ^a   Stahl, Bernd ^a   Bonhoeffer, Friedrich ^b   Mueller, Bernhard K ^a  

^a Migragen AG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d DeveloGen AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CLONING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS; RNA;

HOMOLOGY;

NEUROLOGY;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO AXIS; GROWTH CONE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; AXONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GROWTH CONES; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 18544379947     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01041     Document Type: Article

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