The cadherin superfamily in neuronal connections and interactions

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-20

  Takeichi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PROTOCADHERIN; BETA PROTOCADHERIN; CADHERIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DELTA PROTOCADHERIN; DESMOSOMAL CADHERIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FLAMINGO PROTEIN; GAMMA PROTOCADHERIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN CELSR; PROTEIN CELSR1; PROTEIN CELSR2; PROTEIN CELSR3; PROTOCADHERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE MUTATION; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL SYSTEM; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; NEURONS;

EID: 33845727992     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2043     Document Type: Review

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