Dscam and DSCAM: Complex genes in simple animals, complex animals yet simple genes

Genes and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-156

  Schmucker, Dietmar ^a,b   Chen, Brian ^c,d  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Dscam; Immunoglobulin receptor; Neural circuit formation

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DOWN SYNDROME CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DSCAM RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTHROPOD; BINDING KINETICS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58849147630     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1752909     Document Type: Review

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