Analysis of axon guidance defects at the optic chiasm in heparan sulphate sulphotransferase compound mutant mice

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 219, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 734-742

  Conway, Christopher D ^a   Price, David J ^a   Pratt, Thomas ^a   Mason, John O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Heparan sulphate proteoglycan; Heparan sulphate sulphotransferase; Hs2st; Hs6st1; Optic chiasm

Indexed keywords

HEPARAN SULFATE; ISOPROTEIN; SULFOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EYE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGENESIS; OPTIC CHIASM; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SULFOTRANSFERASES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 81255171512     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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