UNC-129 regulates the balance between UNC-40 dependent and independent UNC-5 signaling pathways

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-155

  MacNeil, Lesley T ^a   Hardy, W Rod ^a   Pawson, Tony ^a   Wrana, Jeffrey L ^a   Culotti, Joseph G ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; NETRIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNC 129 PROTEIN; UNC 40 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; GROWTH CONE; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MOVEMENT; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH CONES; MUTAGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 58849110612     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2256     Document Type: Article

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