Missed connections: Photoreceptor axon seeks target neuron for synaptogenesis

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 400-407

  Astigarraga, Sergio ^a   Hofmeyer, Kerstin ^a   Treisman, Jessica E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; LIGAND; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL FATE; COLOR VISION; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; INTERNEURON; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77954956003     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2010.04.001     Document Type: Review

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