The detection and quantification of growth cone collapsing activities

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2005-2011

  Kapfhammer, Josef P ^a   Xu, Hong ^b   Raper, Jonathan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL REGENERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GROWTH CONE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHICK EMBRYO; GROWTH CONES; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34548162209     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.295     Document Type: Article

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