Semaphorin signaling: progress made and promises ahead

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 161-170

  Zhou, Yeping ^a   Gunput, Rou Afza F ^a   Pasterkamp, R Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSIN RESPONSE MEDIATOR PROTEIN 2; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE ANCHORING PROTEIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; INTEGRIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLEXIN; PLEXIN B1; PLEXIN D1; SEMAPHORIN; SEMAPHORIN 3A; SEMAPHORIN 3G; SEMAPHORIN 4A; SEMAPHORIN 4D; SEMAPHORIN 4F; SEMAPHORIN 4G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL MIGRATION; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MOVEMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REGENERATION; SEMAPHORINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 41549099965     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2008.01.006     Document Type: Review

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