Alternative Splicing of the Robo3 Axon Guidance Receptor Governs the Midline Switch from Attraction to Repulsion

Neuron

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-332

  Chen, Zhe ^a   Gore, Bryan B ^a,b   Long, Hua ^a,b   Ma, Le ^b   Tessier Lavigne, Marc ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DEVBIO; MOLNEURO

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR; ROBO3 RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBO3 GENE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; COS CELLS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH CONES; ISOMERISM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RNA PRECURSORS;

EID: 42949178115     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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