Evolution of the GDNF family ligands and receptors

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-190

  Airaksinen, Matti S ^a   Holm, Liisa ^a,b   Hätinen, Tuomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Artemin; Enteric nervous system; Hirschsprung's disease; Neurotrophic factor; Neurturin; Persephin; Ret

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA LIKE PROTEIN; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 1; NEURTURIN; PERSEPHIN; PROTEIN RET; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; FISH; FROG; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INNERVATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTORS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BILATERIA; DANIO RERIO; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS (GENUS);

EID: 33747130712     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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