Candidate molecular mechanisms for establishing cell identity in the developing retina

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1258-1272

  Garrett, Andrew M ^a   Burgess, Robert W ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Clustered protocadherin; Dscam; Laminar specificity; Self avoidance; Synaptic specificity

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC CELL; DROSOPHILA; MOSAICISM; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; HUMANS; NEURONS; RETINA; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 80755155797     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20926     Document Type: Review

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