The dual role of the ligand UNC-6/Netrin in both axon guidance and synaptogenesis in C. elegans

Cell Adhesion and Migration

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-271

  Killeen, Marie T ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; EGL 20 Wnt; LIN 17 Frizzled; LIN 44 Wnt; Nervous system development; Netrin UNC 6; Synaptogenesis; UNC 40 DCC Fra; UNC 5

Indexed keywords

NETRIN; PROTEIN UNC 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL MIGRATION; DENDRITE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 68249118018     PISSN: 19336918     EISSN: 19336926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cam.3.3.8398     Document Type: Note

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