Collaborative and specialized functions of Robo1 and Robo2 in spinal commissural axon guidance

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 28, 2010, Pages 9445-9453

  Jaworski, Alexander ^a   Long, Hua ^a,b   Tessier Lavigne, Marc ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN; SLIT PROTEIN RECEPTOR ROBO1; SLIT PROTEIN RECEPTOR ROBO2; SLIT PROTEIN RECEPTOR ROBO3; SLIT2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GRAY MATTER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL COMMISSURAL NERVE FIBER; UPREGULATION; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MOVEMENT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77954742055     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6290-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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