Genetic dissection of EphA receptor signaling dynamics during retinotopic mapping

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 10302-10310

  Bevins, Nicholas ^a,b   Lemke, Greg ^a   Reber, Michaël ^c  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR A3; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A4; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A5; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT; DYNAMICS; EPHA3 GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISSECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOPATHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79960413075     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1652-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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