Retinotectal mapping: New insights from molecular genetics

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue , 2005, Pages 551-580

  Lemke, Greg ^a,b   Reber, Michaël ^a,b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE NEUROCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

Eph receptors; Ephrins; Mathematical modeling; Topographic mapping

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; EPHRIN RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE; LIGAND; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN MAPPING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; KNOCKOUT GENE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTOR NERVE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; EPHRINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 28444498874     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.20.022403.093702     Document Type: Review

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