Critical roles for EphB and ephrin-B bidirectional signalling in retinocollicular mapping

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Thakar, Sonal ^a   Chenaux, George ^a   Henkemeyer, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN B2; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B1; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING;

MUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; EPHRIN-B1; EPHRIN-B2; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR, EPHB1; RECEPTOR, EPHB2; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 80052400173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1445     Document Type: Article

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