Wnt-Ryk signalling mediates medial-lateral retinotectal topographic mapping

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7072, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Schmitt, Adam M ^a   Shi, Jun ^a   Wolf, Alex M ^a   Lu, Chin Chun ^a   King, Leslie A ^a   Zou, Yimin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEINS;

AXON GUIDANCE CUES; DORSAL-VENTRAL POSITIONS; EPHRIN-FAMILY PROTEINS; MEDIAL-LATERAL RETINOTECTAL TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WNT-RYK SIGNALING;

CONFORMAL MAPPING;

EPHRIN B1; MORPHOGEN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RYK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 30144433685     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04334     Document Type: Article

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