Eph and ephrin signaling in the formation of topographic maps

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-15

  Triplett, Jason W ^a,b   Feldheim, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eph; Ephrin; Retina; Superior colliculus; Topographic mapping; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAM10 ENDOPEPTIDASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; EPHRIN; EPHRIN A2; EPHRIN A5; EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A3; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A4; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A5; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A6; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A7; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; RHEB PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL CONTACT; CELL SURFACE; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC TRACT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VISUAL FIELD; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84857444340     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.10.026     Document Type: Review

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