Longitudinal axons are guided by slit/robo signals from the floor plate

Cell Adhesion and Migration

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-341

  Mastick, Grant S ^a   Farmer, W Todd ^a   Altick, Amy L ^a   Nural, Hikmet Feyza ^a   Dugan, James P ^a   Kidd, Thomas ^a   Charron, Frederic ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Hindbrain; Longitudinal axon; Robo; Slit

Indexed keywords

ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN STEM; EMBRYO; GENE INACTIVATION; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURONAVIGATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77956486055     PISSN: 19336918     EISSN: 19336926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cam.4.3.11219     Document Type: Note

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