Semaphorin 6B acts as a receptor in post-crossing commissural axon guidance

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 3709-3720

  Andermatt, Irwin ^a   Wilson, Nicole H ^a   Bergmann, Timothy ^a   Mauti, Olivier ^a   Gesemann, Matthias ^a   Sockanathan, Shanthini ^b   Stoeckli, Esther T ^a  

^a Neuroscience Center Zurich and Division of Neurosurgery   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick; Cis interaction; In ovo RNAi; PlexinA2; Spinal cord development

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PLEXIN; PLEXIN A2; SEMAPHORIN; SEMAPHORIN 6B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHICK; COMMISSURAL AXON; ELECTROPORATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING ASSAY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEMAPHORINS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84908093592     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.112185     Document Type: Article

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