Slit-mediated repulsion is a key regulator of motor axon pathfinding in the hindbrain

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4483-4495

  Hammond, Rachel ^a   Vivancos, Valerie ^a   Naeem, Arifa ^a   Chilton, John ^a   Mambitisaeva, Elvira ^a   Andrews, William ^a   Sundaresan, Vasi ^a   Guthrie, Sarah ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chick; Hindbrain; Motoneurons; Rat; Repulsion; Robo; Slit

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR 1; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR 2; SLIT PROTEIN; SLIT1 PROTEIN; SLIT2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE PROJECTION; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27744547345     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02038     Document Type: Article

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