EGF family of growth factors: Essential roles and functional redundancy in the nerve system

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2004, Pages 85-92

  Xian, Cory J ^a   Zhou, Xin Fu ^b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain; Development; Differentiation; EGF Receptor; Expression; Gene Knockout; HB EGF; Injury; Migration; Nervous System; Proliferation; Redundancy; Review; Survival; TGF alpha; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LIGAND;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA; GLIOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 2542459332     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1210     Document Type: Review

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