Gap junction-dependent homolog avoidance in the developing CNS

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 16673-16683

  Baker, Michael W ^a   Yazdani, Neema ^a,b   Macagno, Eduardo R ^a  

^a SECTION OF CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INX1 PROTEIN; MICRORNA; PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; HOMOLOG AVOIDANCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEECH; NERVE CELL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; DROSOPHILA; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; NEURONS;

EID: 84885444241     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2387-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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