Dscam-mediated repulsion controls tiling and self-avoidance

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-89

  Millard, S Sean ^a   Zipursky, S Lawrence ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DSCAM; PROTEIN DSCAM 1; PROTEIN DSCAM 2;

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CELL SURFACE; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOGNITION; RETINA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RETINA;

EID: 46549088798     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.05.005     Document Type: Review

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