Neurite arborization and mosaic spacing in the mouse retina require DSCAM

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7177, 2008, Pages 470-474

  Fuerst, Peter G ^a   Koizumi, Amane ^b,c   Masland, Richard H ^b   Burgess, Robert W ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

EYE DISEASE; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME CELL ADHESION MOLECULE GENE; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; MOSAICISM; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; SOMATIC CELL;

MAMMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38549102494     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06514     Document Type: Article

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