Pioneer midbrain longitudinal axons navigate using a balance of Netrin attraction and Slit repulsion

Neural Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Minkyung ^a   Farmer, W T ^a   Bjorke, Brielle ^a   McMahon, Samuel A ^a   Fabre, Pierre J ^b   Charron, Frédéric ^b   Mastick, Grant S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; DCC; Floor plate; Hindbrain; Longitudinal axon; Netrin; Robo; Slit

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NETRIN-1; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SLIT HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; SLIT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SLIT3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; NETRIN; SLIT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHEMOTAXIS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84905378702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-9-17     Document Type: Article

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