Expression patterns of Ephs and ephrins throughout retinotectal development in Xenopus laevis

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 547-563

  Higenell, Valerie ^a   Han, Sang Myung ^a   Feldheim, David A ^b   Scalia, Frank ^c   Ruthazer, Edward S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Ocular dominance; Optic tectum; Topographic mapping; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; EPHRIN; EPHRIN A5; EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A3; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; TECTUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; EPHRINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; NEUROGENESIS; RECEPTOR, EPHA1; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84858067392     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20930     Document Type: Article

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