Eph/ephrin signaling: Networks

Genes and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 416-429

  Arvanitis, Dina ^a   Davy, Alice ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Cell surface receptors; Development; Proteases; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CLAUDIN; EPHRIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INTEGRIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PRESENILIN;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURFACE; EPH GENE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; EPHRINS; HUMANS; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 39449085234     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1630408     Document Type: Review

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