Netrins guide Drosophila commissural axons at short range

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-194

  Brankatschk, Marko ^a   Dickson, Barry J ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; NETRIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 31544468703     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1625     Document Type: Article

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