Dscam guides embryonic axons by Netrin-dependent and -independent functions

Development

Volumn 135, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3839-3848

  Andrews, Gracie L ^a   Tanglao, Shawna ^a   Farmer, W Todd ^a   Morin, Steves ^b   Brotman, Steven ^a   Berberoglu, Michael A ^a   Price, Hilary ^a   Fernandez, George C ^a   Mastick, Grant S ^a   Charron, Frédéric ^b,c   Kidd, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Body patterning; Cell migration; Central nervous system; Drosophila genetics; Signal tranduction

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DOWN SYNDROME CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NETRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABELSON PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DSCAM PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DSCAM PROTEIN, MOUSE; NETRIN RECEPTORS; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRAIN COS7; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INSECT GENETICS; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MICE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 59749096364     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.023739     Document Type: Article

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