Robo-Slit interactions regulate longitudinal axon pathfinding in the embryonic vertebrate brain

Developmental Biology

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 371-383

  Devine, C A ^a   Key, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Forebrain; Morpholino; Roundabout; Slit; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ROBO1 PROTEIN; ROBO3 PROTEIN; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN; SLIT1A PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37349032981     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.10.040     Document Type: Article

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