Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance

Developmental Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-24

  Chilton, John K ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Ephrin; Growth cone; Morphogen; Netrin; Second messenger; Semaphorin; Signalling; Slit

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EPHRIN; ISOPROTEIN; MORPHOGEN; NETRIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NUCLEOTIDE; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SEMAPHORIN; SLIT PROTEIN;

CELL SURFACE; DOG; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CONE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33646440914     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.12.048     Document Type: Review

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