Multiple roles of the rho GEF ephexin1 in synapse remodeling

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 622-624

  Shi, Lei ^a   Fu, Amy K Y ^a   Ip, Nancy Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

AChR; Eph; Ephrin; NMJ; Rho GTPase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862758818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.3.6.13481     Document Type: Article

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