Plexins: Axon guidance and signal transduction

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1363-1371

  Negishi, M ^a   Oinuma, I ^a   Katoh, H ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Neuron; Plexin; R Ras; Rho; Semaphorin

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; NETRIN; PLEXIN; RAS PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; SEMAPHORIN;

CYTOSKELETON; GROWTH CONE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SEMAPHORINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 20744434543     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5018-2     Document Type: Review

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