Netrin (UNC-6) mediates dendritic self-avoidance

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 731-737

  Smith, Cody J ^a   Watson, Joseph D ^a,b,f   Vanhoven, Miri K ^c   Colón Ramos, Daniel A ^d,e   Miller III, David M ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NETRIN; PROTEIN UNC 40; PROTEIN UNC 5; PROTEIN UNC 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; DENDRITE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DENDRITES; HOT TEMPERATURE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NOCICEPTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84862815016     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3065     Document Type: Article

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